Kansas prairie. Photo by Matt Phillips on Unsplash.
Kansas's House Bill 2431 and the identical Senate Bill 424, which, if enacted, would have established a "student secular bill of rights," protecting students in the state's public schools against "any religious instruction as part of a school curriculum," including creationism, died in committee when a deadline for bills to pass committee in their house of origin expired.
The bills were two of five based on model legislation drafted by a national coalition of secular organizations, including American Atheists, the American Humanist Association, and the Freedom from Religion Foundation Action Fund, as NCSE previously reported. Also now dead is Oklahoma's Senate Bill 3488 (PDF). Still active are Kentucky's Senate Bill 240 (PDF) and Vermont's House Bill 405 (PDF).
