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District lobbyist outlines fast-moving Kansas budget session and bills affecting schools
Summary
District lobbyist Stuart Little briefed the board on an accelerated legislative calendar, the legislature's alternative baseline budget approach, and bills on school scholarships, school finance and policies affecting school operations.
Shawnee Mission’s lobbyist Stuart Little told the school board on Tuesday that the 2025 Kansas legislative session is moving quickly and that the legislature has taken steps to set a lower baseline budget with additions considered as separate items.
Little said the Legislature’s leadership and a Legislative Coordinating Committee met over the fall to create a near-term baseline that starts from a flatter position than the governor’s traditional recommended budget. The effect, he told trustees, is that additions to K–12 spending must be proposed as separate…
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