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Board approves McKinney‑Vento grants to 13 districts to support homeless students; funding action moved up to this meeting
Summary
The Kansas State Board of Education approved recommendations to fund McKinney‑Vento (homeless children and youth) grants for 2025–26, directing awards to 13 districts serving a majority of identified students; the board suspended rules to vote at the Aug. 12 meeting and approved the allocations 8–0 (two present, not voting).
The Kansas State Board of Education voted in favor of recommended McKinney‑Vento education grants for the 2025–26 school year during its Aug. 12 meeting, after the board suspended the rules to allow action at the current session.
The department reported that in the 2023–24 school year Kansas districts identified 8,799 students as McKinney‑Vento eligible. KSDE provided a prioritized list of districts for targeted funding; the recommended 13 districts account for roughly 5,142 of the state’s identified students (about 58 percent of the…
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