Kansas policymakers lag on updating public school funding formula

By: Anna Kaminski

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: April 22, 2026

Words: 566

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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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 equitable and adequate funding.

Adam Proffitt, the state budget director, recommended on Tuesday the Education Funding Task Force consider extending the current funding formula …

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