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FastBridge presenters urge continued funding as ESSER runs out
Summary
Renaissance Learning and FastBridge staff told the committee the FastBridge statewide program screens and monitors reading and math for roughly 325,000 students and urged sustained funding after ESSER expires.
Chris Wilson, vice president of government affairs for Renaissance Learning, and Charlene Ball, national academic advisor, described FastBridge as an assessment-and-intervention system used across Kansas and urged lawmakers to consider continued support after federal ESSER funds end.
"FastBridge is an assessment and intervention system to help identify [and] monitor student progress in reading and math from kindergarten through twelfth grade," Wilson said. He said FastBridge operates in a 50/50 funding model in Kansas, with districts covering roughly half the assessment fee and the other half funded through federal ESSER dollars that the presenters said will run out after the 2025–26 school year.
Wilson told the committee FastBridge participation had…
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