Kansas champions of administrative reform at public universities offer concessions to calm skeptics

Kansas House committee to begin work on controversial bill altering administrative bureaucracy of at least three, but possibly, all six state universities.

By: Tim Carpenter

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: March 12, 2026

Words: 869

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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TOPEKA — The Republican majority leader of the Kansas House and the chief of staff to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly worked Thursday to resolve objections to a bill designed to make the state’s three largest public universities more financially efficient by removing layers of administrative red tape.

The bipartisan messages from House Majority Leader Chris Croft and Kelly’s chief of staff, Will Lawrence, and their willingness to endorse two key amendments to House Bill …

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