Kansas policymakers lag on updating public school funding formula

Kansas policymakers lag on updating public school funding formula

Kansas budget director Adam Proffitt is a nonvoting member of the state's Education Funding Task Force. He appears here at a press conference on April 20, 2026, at the Statehouse. (Photo by Anna Kaminski/Kansas Reflector)TOPEKA — A Kansas task force is running out of time to craft a new public school funding formula, which the Legislature and the state’s next governor must agree upon before the current framework expires. Previous plans have viol…

Kansas policymakers lag on updating public school funding formula - The Iola Register

A task force failed to meet a deadline to submit a draft plan to craft a new public school funding formula to the 2026 Legislature. TOPEKA — A Kansas task force is running out of time to craft a new public school funding formula, which the Legislature and the state’s next governor must agree upon before the current framework expires. Previous plans have violated the state constitution, per Kansas Supreme Court decisions, for failing to provide e…