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Senate Ways and Means panel approves Kansas Office of Early Childhood budget with TANF funding swaps and provisos
Summary
The Senate Ways and Means Committee voted to pass the Office of Early Childhood budget after approving a TANF funding swap for three programs and adding provisos to permit transfers and deferred compensation eligibility for the office director.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee on the floor advanced the budget for the newly created Kansas Office of Early Childhood, approving a package of funding swaps and technical provisos to move operations, positions and tied appropriations into the office.
Committee members approved a motion to fund three 2027 items — infant and toddler services at KDHE, SIDS-network grants to KDHE, and a KSDE pre-K pilot program — by replacing State General Fund (SGF) or CIF allocations with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) dollars. After questions about TANF eligibility, Jennifer Light of the Kansas Legislative Research Department said, “It is my understanding…
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