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SB 302 Committee Minutes and Testimony
Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during instructional time and prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes.
Senate Committee on Education
| Hearing Date | Minutes | Testimony | Presenter | Organization | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Emily Brownlee, Parent | Proponent | |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Michael Chartier, Midwest Legilative Director | ExcelinEd in Action | Proponent |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Kevin Cronister, Law Enforcement Officer | Proponent | |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Anthony Dummermuth, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor | Proponent | |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | April Holman, Executive Director | Alliance for a Healthy Kansas | Proponent |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | John Ketchum, Senior Fellow and Director of Cities | Manhattan Institute for Policy Research | Proponent |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Katie Longhauser, Founder | Kids Digital Health Hub and Screen Guardians | Proponent |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Adrienne Olejnik, Vice President | Kansas Action for Children | Proponent |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Gretchen Shanahan, Parent | Proponent | |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Ngoc Vuong, Member | Wichita Public School Board | Proponent |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Amy Warren, Co-Chair | Kansas Coalition for Distraction-Free Schools | Proponent |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Katie Whitman, Co-Lead | Smartphone Free Childhood US | Proponent |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Cathy Hopkins, Liaision | Kansas State School Board | Neutral |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Frank Harwood, Deputy Commissioner of Fiscal and Administrative Services | Kansas State Department of Education | Neutral |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Timothy R. Graham, Director of Government Relations and Legislative Affairs | Kansas National Education Association | Neutral |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Leah Fliter, Assistant Executive Director of Advocacy | Kansas Association of School Boards | Opponent |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Jim Karleskint | United School Administrators | Opponent |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Ann Mah, Retiree | Opponent | |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Mary F. Sinclair, PhD, Advocacy Team, | Kansas PTA | Opponent |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | SB 302 Written Only | Opponent | |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | SB302 Written Only | Proponent | |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Kailey Howell, Student | Spring Hill High School | Opponent |
| Thu, Jan 15, 2026 | View | Download | Tamera Lawrence, Assistant Revisor | Office of the Revisor of Statutes | Memo |
