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KCPOST warns docket-fee revenue may be exhausted early in FY28, urges options including fee increase
Summary
The Kansas Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training told the budget committee its fee-funded budget is declining and could be exhausted early in FY28; the executive director cited staffing and IT needs and recommended considering a statutory increase to the $22.50 docket fee among other options.
The Kansas Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (KCPOST) told the Legislative Budget Committee on Jan. 28 that its fee-funded budget is trending downward and could be depleted early in fiscal year 2028 without action.
Mike Brown, KCPOST executive director, said the agency added a full‑time investigator last session and on boarded the position this month, which should reduce investigative caseloads over time, but the agency’s central problem is a steady decline in docket‑fee revenue. "If things continue the way they are right now, within the first couple months of FY28, we won't have a budget, because our expenditures are gonna outrun the fee funds," Brown said.
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