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Ways and Means accepts Education budget report as committee debate continues over special-education funding
Summary
The Senate Ways and Means Committee accepted the Department of Education budget report after the education committee’s recommendations; debate focused on special-education funding levels, caseload-driven consensus estimates, and reappropriations for children's services.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee voted to accept the Kansas State Department of Education budget report as recommended by the Senate Committee on Education, while senators pressed staff for details about special-education funding and reappropriations.
Senator Erickson presented the agency’s revised estimates for FY26 and FY27 and said the special committee on the state budget concurred with the agency while deleting enhancement requests, including a $92.2…
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