Ask our Kansas Senators Marshall and Moran to sign on to this letter calling for the release of already-appropriated education funds. (Contact information at bottom of post.) Districts received notice that the funds were being withheld just one day from the disbursement date.
“Republican members of the U.S. Senate called on Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought in a letter Wednesday to release the $6.8 billion in funds for K-12 schools that the Trump administration is withholding.
“The letter marked a major friction point between President Donald Trump and influential lawmakers in his own party as his administration tests the limits of the executive branch’s authority in clawing back federal dollars Congress has already appropriated. Every state has millions in school funding held up as a result of the freeze…
“‘Withholding these funds will harm students, families, and local economies,’ wrote the 10 GOP senators, many of them members of committees that make decisions on spending. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a West Virginia Republican and chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, led the letter…
“’The decision to withhold this funding is contrary to President Trump’s goal of returning K-12 education to the states,” the senators wrote. “This funding goes directly to states and local school districts, where local leaders decide how this funding is spent, because as we know, local communities know how to best serve students and families.’
Contact Sen. Moran
Washington, D.C., office: 202-224-6521
Hays office: 785-628-6401
Manhattan office: 785-539-8973
Pittsburg office: 620-232-2286
Wichita office: 316-269-9257
Olathe office: 913-393-0711
Garden City: 620-260-3025
Contact Sen. Marshall
Washington, D.C., office: 202-224-4774
Kansas City office: 913-549-1570
Overland Park office: 913-879-7070
Garden City office: 620-765-7800
Pittsburg office: 620-404-7016
Salina office: 785-829-9000
Topeka office: 785-414-7501
Wichita office: 316-803-6120
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Originally posted to Facebook on 7/17/25.