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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A recent legislative proposal unveiled in the Kansas House of Representatives on Wednesday aims to mandate that children must be fully potty-trained before starting kindergarten in any public school across the state.
Known as House Bill 2486, this legislation seeks to ensure that public school districts enroll only those kindergarten students who have achieved toilet training. However, the bill does make allowances for children who may have disabilities or specific medical conditions.
The bill gives parents the option to designate an adult to assist their child.
It would also authorize the district to remove a child from kindergarten until they are toilet-trained.
In the bill, “toilet-trained” is defined as being able to “communicate the need to use the bathroom to an adult, use the toilet without assistance from an adult and tend to personal hygienic needs after using the toilet and, if an accident occurs, the child can independently tend to hygienic needs and change clothes.”
HB 2486 was introduced by the Education Committee at the suggestion of State Rep. Sheri Brantley. A hearing on the bill is scheduled for Jan. 29.