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This bill modifies how graduation rates are calculated for school districts and virtual schools in Kansas for the purpose of accreditation. Specifically, the bill allows the state board of education to exclude certain students when calculating the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate. Students can be excluded if they: (a) did not have enough credits to graduate with their original cohort when transferring into a school or school district, or (b) transferred to a non-accredited private school in Kansas or another state. The bill also removes previous language about how virtual schools' graduation rates were calculated and simplifies the existing statute about virtual schools. Additionally, the bill maintains a prohibition on virtual schools offering financial incentives to students for enrollment, defining such incentives as monetary payments or awards intended to encourage student enrollment. The changes are designed to provide a more flexible and potentially more accurate method of calculating graduation rates across different types of schools and educational settings.

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https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/sb45/