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Federal funding pause creates short-term payment uncertainty for Kansas school programs
Summary
Officials told the Committee on K‑12 Education Budget that a late federal memo freezing some federal outlays has created uncertainty about future draws but that the state completed an emergency drawdown to cover imminent district payments.
A memo from the federal government that emerged the night before the committee met raised immediate questions about whether some federal payments to Kansas schools would be delayed, state education officials told the Committee on K‑12 Education Budget on Jan. 20.
The concern matters because the state passes federal money through to districts for programs such as IDEA (special education) and ESEA (title funds). Dr. Brad Harwood, speaking to the committee, said the U.S. Department of Education told the Kansas Department of Education (KSDE) that the memo “would not apply to formula grants,” and KSDE moved…
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