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KSDE staff outlines budget basics and schedule; committee to review School for the Deaf and Blind next week
Summary
KSDE budget staff reviewed how agency requests, interim committee recommendations and the governor’s proposal fit into the legislative budget process and told the K‑12 committee which budget packets will be available and when; the Committee scheduled the School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind for early review next week.
Jennifer Light, KSDE budget staff, briefed the committee on budget documents, the interim committee review and the timeline for agency presentations the committee will consider as it prepares budget recommendations.
Light said members will receive KSDE budget materials and related handouts in two phases: a preliminary packet today containing agency requests and interim committee notes, and a fuller set of documents (including Legislative Budget Committee materials) to be released on Tuesday. She explained the committee packet layout: columns showing last year’s actuals, agency requests for the upcoming biennium and intervening legislative recommendations; blank columns in the preliminary packet reflect work that will be added once the legislative budget recommendations are final.
"The interim committee basically said that they were removing the supplements and enhancements ... and there is discussion about new FTEs that was removed and then there are some reappropriations that were removed," Light said, summarizing the interim committee’s changes.
Light reviewed the pathway the committee will follow: agency presentations and questions; drafting of motions and subcommittee reports; House Appropriations and concurrent Senate processes; floor consideration; and potential conference committee action. She noted this year’s K‑12 budget process differs from recent years and that caseload estimates (used to calculate foundation aid, supplemental state aid and special‑education state aid) have already been accepted by the interim committee and will be part of the staff materials members receive.
Committee members were told the School for the Deaf will present first next week and the School for the Blind will follow; KSDE will present its large budget the subsequent week and staff will coordinate a paced, multi‑day presentation so members can review detailed fiscal materials.
Why it matters: committee members will use the materials Light described to prepare motions and to evaluate potential adjustments to the agency request, including reappropriations, FTEs and targeted supplements. Members asked KSDE to post materials to committee email and drive access consistent with public‑records rules; KSDE staff confirmed copies will also be uploaded for testimony.
Next steps: committee staff will circulate Tuesday’s full packet when it is available; members should review the School for the Deaf materials early next week and come prepared with questions for the scheduled agency presentations.
