“The Legislature’s own research department said that in the current fiscal year, schools are being shorted $173 million from covering the 92% of statewide excess costs as the law calls for. That was also the figure cited by the Kansas State Department of Education. SPED services are mandatory, and the...
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Kansas Supreme Court gives up jurisdiction of school funding case
“The Kansas Supreme Court late Tuesday agreed to give up oversight of the landmark school funding case that was decided four years ago. The court ruled in favor of Attorney General Kris Kobach’s motion to give up jurisdiction of the case, saying that the state met its legal obligation to...
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No comments Testimony in favor of new special ed task force
We testified in the K-12 Education Budget Committee hearing yesterday on a bill (HB 2594) to create a new task force to study education funding in preparation for the sunset of the current formula in 2027 and to abolish the current special education task force. We and other conferees opposed...
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No comments Public education advocates oppose elimination of special ed task force
“Public education advocates on Monday voiced their opposition to a proposal that would eliminate a task force charged with studying how special education can be better funded. “The special education task force, created by the Legislature last year, met once but only after there was an effort undertaken to force...
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