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Subcommittee recommends $5 million to continue Kansas Blueprint for Literacy training
Summary
The Higher Education Subcommittee endorsed a $5 million FY27 appropriation to continue structured‑literacy training for in‑service Kansas teachers, after debate over larger governor and Regents requests and questions about program scale and reporting.
The Higher Education Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee voted to recommend $5,000,000 for the Blueprint for Literacy program for fiscal 2027, approving the recommendation by voice vote after members debated higher requests from the governor and the Board of Regents.
Kelly Oliver of the Board of Regents told the committee the program trains in‑service teachers in structured literacy and partners with both public and private universities. "Currently, there's about 18,000 teachers that need retraining with structured literacy," Oliver said, and she added the program "plans to train about 2,000 teachers each year." Oliver said the Regents requested $5.5 million…
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