There are two reasons to convene the task force. First is to demonstrate the need for adequate SPED funding. The second is to vet any plans to change it. Rep. Williams has made clear she would prefer to count the funding differently and/or change the formula. She should not be...
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Interim Committee Discussion of Special Education Plagued with Inaccuracies
In today’s education interim committee meeting, they addressed special education. It is a complex topic, and the confusion among the committee members showed that this would have been better handled by the task force created by the Kansas legislature last session. At the end of today’s meeting, we had one...
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The next time you hear our schools are overfunded, remember this example of chronic underfunding we’ve experienced and are just starting to escape.“The state’s budget woes fueled routine underfunding of the formula guiding Kansas appropriations for special education in K-12 public school districts and made it tougher to afford specialized...
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We received a question via message this morning regarding how SB 16 affects special education. We’re guessing other people have the same question, so we’re sharing our edited answer here. SB 16 removes the goal of the state funding 92% of excess special education costs. Although the legislature hasn’t been...
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