Kansas lawmakers reach deals on 3.1 billion SRS and Education bills
Legislative negotiators resolved two major appropriations bills for the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services and the Department of Education. The conference committee finalized a 1.5 billion package for SRS and a 1.6 billion package for public schools after eight hours of talks. SRS funding includes 2.387 million state grants eligibility changes, foster care boosts, and a 200 thousand cut to central administration. The education agreement raises special education funding by 18.9 million, about 82 percent of excess costs, with debates over 25 million from the House and 12 million over current levels.
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Efits
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Central Administration
George Teagarden
R-Lacygne
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Conference
Wichita State Names WP for Academic Affairs
Wichita State University appoints Bobby Patton as vice president for academic affairs. Patton, 58, comes from California State University Los Angeles where he led arts and letters. He previously taught at the University of Wichita 1961 to 1966 and holds a KU master’s and doctorate in speech related fields.
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kansans Reach Agreement on 3 Strikes Bill and Hard 40
In Topeka, a joint conference committee of six lawmakers from both chambers crafted a compromise to extend prison terms for third violent felonies, doubling sentences from current law. The panel also finalized a version of the Hard 40 measure, increasing minimums to 25 years for premeditated murder and allowing a 40 year no parole option, with juries no longer required to select the Hard 40 in a separate trial.
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Senate
Conference Committee
Washington State
Department of Corrections
Jerry Moran
R-Hays
Senate Judiciary Committee
Right to Nominate by Petition for County Committee Elections
Farmers Home Administration invites nominations from eligible voters for county committee seats. Applicants must farm in the county area as owner tenant or sharecropper and be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. spouses of eligible nominees may also be nominated. Nominations must be received by the local FmHA office by the specified deadline. Committee elections are open to all eligible voters regardless of race color religion national origin age political affiliation marital status sex or handicap.
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