Committee recommends Board of Cosmetology budget after FTE cuts, fee increases

The Senate committee recommended the Kansas Board of Cosmetology’s FY2026 and FY2027 budget after a presentation from KLRD staff and the board’s recently appointed executive director.

KLRD presenter Joe Adams told the committee that the Board of Cosmetology is a fee‑funded regulatory agency and that the only change between the two fiscal years is the legislative pay plan previously approved by the legislature. Adams said the agency’s general fund expenditures show ‘‘a 0 all the way through because this is a fee funded regulatory board.’’ He identified an $18,472 legislative pay plan adjustment carried into the budget and noted planned reductions in personnel costs tied to a deliberate reduction of two full‑time equivalent positions.

The presentation included several line‑item details: Adams…