Kansas colleges would train campus leaders on speech and religion

The proposal would require each covered postsecondary institution to provide annual training on campus speech, association, and religious exercise. Training would be for people who discipline or teach students, run campus affairs, or oversee student groups or activity fee funds. Examples include campus leaders, faculty, campus police, residence life staff, and student government members. The state board of regents would develop the materials, programs, and procedures in consultation with the attorney general. Other students, faculty, staff, elected officials, and their staff could attend the training or receive its materials. Training would be annual and would begin after the proposal's stated effective date: publication in the statute book.

The state board of regents would report annually on training, and the attorney general could bring a lawsuit to enforce compliance. The report would cover each postsecondary institution subject to the training requirement. The attorney general could sue the board or an institution. The board would report to the speaker of the House, the president of the Senate, and the attorney general. The report would be due annually. This duty would begin after the proposal's stated effective date: publication in the statute book.