House Committee on Welfare Reform 01/20/2026

Committee on Welfare Reform · January 21, 2026

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Call to order, introductions, agenda

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Chair called the Committee on Welfare Reform to order, introduced Representative Helwig as vice chair and welcomed new members Representative Sanders and Representative Sappington; reviewed the meeting plan: post-audit presentation followed by a KSDE briefing and time for questions.

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Legislative Post Audit presented findings to the Committee on Welfare Reform on Jan. 20, 2026, that Kansas's free-lunch count used to allocate at-risk education funding likely overstates eligibility for a substantial share of applicants, producing estimated state-level overpayments and raising questions about verification limits under federal rules.

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