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Committee rejects change to meat-and-poultry proviso; backs recommendation to seek FFA director raise from education agency
Summary
The committee declined to recommend striking language that would lapse $350,000 tied to possible federal funding for state meat and poultry inspections, but it approved a separate recommendation asking Ways and Means to consider funding a $40,000 pay raise for the FFA state director through KSDE rather than the State General Fund.
Senators on the Agriculture and Natural Resources committee voted on two separate recommendations affecting the Department of Agriculture budget: they voted down a proposal to remove language that would lapse $350,000 if federal funding became available for meat and poultry inspection costs, and they approved asking Ways and Means to consider funding a proposed $40,000 pay increase for the FFA state director through the Kansas State Department of Education instead of State General Fund.
The most contested item came from Senator Francisco, who asked that the committee "include a recommendation to strike this proviso that…
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