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HOUSE BILL No. 2029—page 42 (D) the Kansas department for children and families; (E) the department of corrections; and (F) the courts. (6) A violation of paragraph (5) shall be an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $100 for each violation. Sec. 14. K.S.A. 65-1119, as amended by section 4 of 2026 House Bill No. 2528, is hereby amended to read as follows: 65-1119. (a) Application for approval. An approved school of nursing is one that has been approved as such by the board as meeting the standards of this act and the rules and regulations of the board. An institution desiring to conduct an approved school of professional or practical nursing shall apply to the board for approval and submit satisfactory proof that it such school is prepared to and will maintain the standards and basic professional nursing curriculum or the required curriculum for practical nursing, as the case may be, as prescribed by this act and by the rules and regulations of the board. Applications shall be made in writing on forms supplied by the board and shall be submitted to the board together with the application fee fixed by the board. The approval of a school of nursing shall not exceed 10 years after the granting of such approval by the board. An institution desiring to continue to conduct an approved school of professional or practical nursing shall apply to the board for the renewal of approval and submit satisfactory proof that it will maintain the standards and basic professional nursing curriculum or the required curriculum for practical nursing, as the case may be, as prescribed by this act and by the rules and regulations of the board. Applications for renewal of approval shall be made in writing on forms supplied by the board. Each school of nursing shall submit annually to the board an annual fee fixed by the board by rules and regulations to maintain the approval status. (b) (1) Schools for professional nurses. To qualify as an approved school for professional nurses, the school shall be conducted in the state of Kansas, apply to the board and submit evidence that: (1) It (A) Such school is prepared to carry out the professional curriculum as prescribed in the rules and regulations of the board; (B) such school's faculty possesses a nursing degree awarded by a state or nationally accredited school of nursing approved by the board that is at least one level more advanced than the degree awarded by the program in which they are teaching. Additional or more advanced credentials for faculty shall not be required by the board; and (2) it (C) such school is prepared to meet such other standards as shall be established by this law and the rules and regulations of the board. (2) The board may grant an exemption to the requirement in paragraph (1)(B) to a school facing hardships in hiring faculty. (c) (1) Schools for practical nurses. To qualify as an approved school for practical nurses, the school shall be conducted in the state of Kansas, apply to the board and submit evidence that: (1) It (A) Such school is prepared to carry out the curriculum as prescribed in the rules and regulations of the board; (B) such school's faculty possesses a nursing degree awarded by a state or nationally accredited school of nursing approved by the board that is at least one level more advanced than the degree awarded by the program in which they are teaching. Additional or more advanced credentials for faculty shall not be required by the board; and (2) it (C) such school is prepared to meet such other standards as shall be established by this law and the rules and regulations of the board. (2) The board may grant an exemption to the requirement in paragraph (1)(B) to a school facing hardships in hiring faculty. (d) Transcript requests. All approved schools for professional and practical nurses shall, upon the request of a current or former student, fulfill transcript requests for licensure or testing by electronically releasing the transcript within five business days of receipt of such request. (e) Survey. The board shall prepare and maintain a list of approved