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HOUSE BILL No. 2029—page 58 in accordance with K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-1181, and amendments thereto. Sec. 21. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5179, as amended by section 2 of 2026 House Bill No. 2482, is hereby amended to read as follows: 72- 5179. (a) (1) The state board of education shall provide: (A) A nationally recognized college entrance exam that measures the math, science and reading and writing skills of each student enrolled in grades 11 and 12; (B) the pre-college entrance exam that is aligned with such nationally recognized college entrance exam to each student enrolled in grade nine; and (C) a career readiness assessment or a series of career readiness assessments that lead to a nationally recognized credential to each student enrolled in grade 11. (2) No student shall be required to pay any fees or costs to take any such exam or assessments. The state board shall not be required to provide more than one exam and three assessments for each student. The state board of education may enter into any contracts that are necessary to promote statewide cost savings to administer such exams and assessments. (b) The Kansas department of education and each school district shall annually publish on their websites the times, dates and locations of the pre-college entrance exam, the college entrance exam and the career readiness assessments that are offered in Kansas and information for students on how to register for such exams or assessments. (c) Participation in the pre-college entrance exam, the college entrance exam or the career readiness assessment shall be optional. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any student to participate in such exams or assessments. (d) Each postsecondary educational institution shall adopt and implement a policy to use a platinum, gold or silver credential earned through the ACT workkeys assessments, or other similar credential earned through a similar career readiness assessment, as transferable credit toward the attainment of a postsecondary technical degree. Such transferability shall be based on the recommendations of the American council on education national guide. (e) (1) On or before the first day of each regular legislative session, the state board of education shall prepare and submit a report to the senate standing committee on education and the house standing committee or any successor committees on education that includes the aggregate exam and assessment data for all students who were provided the exams and assessments pursuant to this section. (2) The provisions of this subsection shall expire on July 1, 2032. (e)(f) As used in this section,: (1) "Postsecondary educational institution" means the same as defined in K.S.A. 74-3201b, and amendments thereto; and (2) "student" means any person who is regularly enrolled in any public school or accredited nonpublic school located in Kansas. Sec. 22. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 77-421, as amended by section 12 of 2026 Senate Bill No. 459, is hereby amended to read as follows: 77- 421. (a) (1) Except as provided by subsection (a)(2), (a)(3) or (a)(4), prior to the adoption of any permanent rule and regulation or any temporary rule and regulation that is required to be adopted as a temporary rule and regulation in order to comply with the requirements of the statute authorizing the same and after any such rule and regulation has been approved by the secretary of administration, the attorney general and, if required, the director of the budget, the adopting state agency shall give at least 60 days' notice of its intended action in the Kansas register and to the secretary of state and to the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations established by K.S.A. 77-436, and amendments thereto. The notice shall be provided to the secretary of state and to the chairperson, vice chairperson, ranking minority member of the joint committee and legislative