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Board hires Little Government Relations as Topeka liaison; firm warns of accelerated 2025 session and new legislative budget approach
Summary
The board’s legislative committee introduced Stuart Little and Mallory Lutz of Little Government Relations. The firm briefed the board on an accelerated legislative calendar, a shift toward a legislative baseline budget and multiple K‑12 funding policy items to watch, and board members said they will work to keep families informed.
The Olathe Board of Education introduced Stuart Little and Mallory Lutz of Little Government Relations as the district’s legislative liaison in Topeka and heard a preview of the 2025 Kansas legislative session, including an expedited schedule and changes to the budget process that could reshape school funding discussions.
During a presentation to the board, Stuart Little said the 2025 session will move quickly and called attention to a new approach in which the legislature will produce a baseline legislative budget and then consider additions to that base. "We're probably going to cut a month off the legislative…
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