Task force reviews high‑cost models, student‑based proposals for special education funding

Sep 4, 2025

Members of the Special Education and Related Services Funding Task Force spent much of a meeting reviewing high‑cost special‑education funding used in other states and considering whether Kansas should adopt a student‑based formula, a broader reimbursement approach, or a hybrid.

The full story

Members of the Special Education and Related Services Funding Task Force spent much of a day reviewing how other states pay for high‑cost special education and considering whether Kansas should move from its current mix of categorical aid and catastrophic payments to a student‑based formula or to a broader reimbursement approach.

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in