Chair of Kansas’ task force on public school funding wants draft plan in hand by January

Chair of Kansas task force on public school funding wants draft plan in hand by January

Sen. Renee Erickson, who spoke at a Jan. 28, 2025, rally for private school vouchers, pushed a task force writing a new K-12 school funding formula to set an ambitious deadline. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)TOPEKA — Republican Sen. Renee Erickson wants the task force crafting a new state funding formula for K-12 public schools to be far enough along to present a draft in January to the Kansas Legislature, despite concern among some members th…

Chair of Kansas’ task force on public school funding wants draft plan in hand by January

Kansas' task force writing a new K-12 school funding formula set an ambitious timeline, but a fundamental dispute about reading illustrates the challenge.