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Conference negotiators modify education package: special education, childcare accelerator and one-time school-safety detection funding discussed
Summary
Committee members negotiated changes to the education package (Package A), restoring and deleting various items including special education aid, reallocating toiletry-kit funding toward a childcare accelerator grant, and clarifying a one-time 2025 school-safety detection appropriation and district subscription responsibilities.
Conference negotiators reviewed the education package (Package A), trading proposals on special education state aid, a childcare-accelerator grant for a 24/7 facility in southwest Kansas, and a one-time school safety detection appropriation.
Special education and other K-12 items: negotiators returned to a prior position to fund $10 million for special education in one year and discussed eliminating or restoring other items that had moved between the house and senate offers.…
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