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Minutes for HB2485 - Committee on K-12 Education Budget
Short Title
Requiring enrollment under the Kansas school equity and enhancement act to be determined using the current school year or the preceding school year and requiring any district that closed a school building in the preceding school year to use the current year enrollment count.
Minutes Content for Mon, Jan 22, 2024
Nick Myers, Revisor of Statutes, read the bill brief for HB2485. (Attachment 1)
The Chair opened the hearing on HB2485.
The following people provided testimony:
Proponents
Tavis Desormiers, Superintendent, Nemaha Central Schools (Attachment 2)
Jim Howard, Superintendent, North Jackson Heights Schools (Attachment 3)
Doug Hull, Board of Education, Spring Hill Schools (Attachment 4)
Dr. Link Luttrell, Superintendent of Schools, Spring Hill (Attachment 5)
Joel Bickford, Superintendent, Vermillion Schools (Attachment 6)
Written Only Proponents
Dr. Brent Yeager, Superintendent, Olathe Public Schools (Attachment 7)
Doug Schwin, Director of Business and Finance, Spring Hill (Attachment 8)
Opponents
Rob Reynolds, Superintendent, Douglass Public School (Attachment 9)
Kellen Adams, Superintendent, Leavenworth USD 453 (Attachment 10)
Written Only Opponents
Susan Willis, Chief Financial Officer, Wichita Public Schools (Attachment 11)
Neutral
Leah Fliter, Assisstant Executive Director of Advocacy, Kansas Association of School Boards (Attachment 12)
Written Only Neutral
Dr. Craig Correll, Board of Education, Coffeyville Public Schools (Attachment 13)
The Chair closed the hearing on HB2485.
The meeting adjourned at 4:57 pm.
