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Committee corrects KSDE ‘all funds’ cash-balance figure; analyst says prior table double‑counted
Summary
A Kansas Legislative Research Department analyst told the Senate Ways and Means Committee that a previously circulated “all funds” cash‑balance number for school year 2024–25 was double‑counted; the corrected all‑funds figure is $2.9 billion, not $5 billion. Senators pressed staff on timing and restrictions tied to specific funds.
Jennifer Light, a Kansas Legislative Research Department analyst who covers the Kansas State Department of Education budget, told the Senate Ways and Means Committee that a previously circulated “all funds” cash balance figure was incorrect and that a table had double‑counted a column.
The corrected all‑funds cash balance for school year 2024–25, which the analyst said reflects cash on hand as of July 1, 2024, is $2,900,000,000 — not the roughly $5 billion figure cited during earlier discussions, Light said. “What happened was I just missed a sum column in the middle of the table, which…
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