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Senate education committee reviews 2024 education bills, task force and pilots ahead of finance rewrite
Summary
Matthew Willis, senior research analyst with Legislative Research, briefed the Senate Committee on Education about major education legislation enacted in 2024 and items for committee review as lawmakers prepare to rewrite the school funding formula.
Matthew Willis, senior research analyst with Legislative Research, briefed the Kansas Senate Committee on Education on major education legislation enacted in the 2024 session and items the committee will track as it prepares for a required school funding formula update.
Willis summarized what he described as the largest education bill from the 2024 session, House Sub. for Senate Bill 387. "For fiscal year 25, the bill appropriated $6,600,000,000 including $4,900,000,000 of state general fund," Willis told the committee. He said the bill included regular school finance categories, capital payments, additional special education state aid funded with a mix of state general fund and some American Rescue Plan Act dollars, and a…
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