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KLRD presents KSDE budget overview: $5.0B SGF request, $6.7B total; enhancements for special education and school safety highlighted
Summary
KLRD briefed the Committee on K-12 Education Budget on the Kansas State Department of Education request: roughly $5.0 billion from the State General Fund and $6.7 billion in all funds for FY2026, proposed FY2027 enhancements including special education increases and a $15 million Safe and Secure Schools reinstatement, and governor-legislature differences.
KLRD analyst Jennifer Light told the Committee on K-12 Education Budget that the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) agency request for fiscal 2026 totals just under $5,000,000,000 from the State General Fund (SGF) and just over $6,700,000,000 in all funds. Light said the FY2026 analysis in the packet starts on page 11 and incorporates the fall 2024 education consensus but not the spring 2025 consensus, which came after the legislature adjourned.
Why it matters: the packet frames baseline spending for state aid, state operations and other assistance, and it anchors the committee’s work this week on what the legislature will include in the budget bill. Light also highlighted that $36,400,000 in SGF was reappropriated from FY2025 to FY2026 for items including state foundation aid, supplemental state aid, special education state aid, KPERS contributions and school district juvenile detention facilities (the latter shows a lapse of just over $588,000 in the current bill).
Key details: Light said the unweighted FTE enrollment for FY2026 is about 449,000 students;…
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