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Kansas State School for the Deaf urges restoration of language‑assessment funds, pay parity and capital projects
Summary
Superintendent Lou Anne Baron urged the budget committee to restore a 1.5% lapse for the language assessment program serving birth‑to‑8 deaf and hard‑of‑hearing children, requested pay parity with the Olathe district and sought SIBF funding for building projects and demolition of an obsolete powerhouse.
The Kansas State School for the Deaf pressed the Legislature’s budget committee on Wednesday to restore funds for a statewide language‑assessment program, approve teacher pay adjustments and support several capital projects, including a dorm remodel and demolition of a decommissioned powerhouse.
Lou Anne Baron, superintendent of the Kansas State School for the Deaf, testified remotely that the agency’s requests are targeted investments in language development, staff retention and campus safety rather than expansions for convenience.
Baron asked the…
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