Kansas debated reform plan stalls over licensing clash
Kansas officials and mental health center leaders reached a split over how to implement a six year 18 million reform plan. They agreed on revised licensing standards but differed on keeping reform separate from licensing and on guarantees for funding. Welfare Secretary Dennis Taylor will host a December 17 meeting to hear all sides with final rules due by December 20 and board approval by January 2.
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Dave Ranney
Harris
Topeka
Kansas Welfare
Dennis Taylor
Taylor
State Board of Rules and Regulations
Mental Health Center
Mani Lee
Ron Denney
Four County
Independence
David Wiebe
Johnson County
Mission
Lee
Wicbe
Terry Larson
The
Kansas Alliance For the
Larson
Welfare
Veterans Corner: VA benefits and address updates explained
Veterans Corner covers beneficiary changes for VA insurance require notifying VA with full ID, earning concurrent Social Security and VA pension subject to income limits, benefits of zero percent disability status for service connection, necessity to file for 30 percent disability to obtain VA compensation, changing direct deposit or address with VA, and risks of late payments on VA guaranteed home loans. Ottawa American Legion meets first Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. VFW meets second and fourth Mondays at 7 p.m.
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Veterans Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs
Ottawa American Legion
VFW
Melvern Lake fish advisory lifted after study
State and federal officials lifted the eating fish advisory for Melvern Lake in Osage County after weeks of study into a dinoflagellate bloom and a 28,000 fish kill. KDHE officials found no conclusive link between the blooms and the fish deaths and said people may now safely consume the lake fish caught during the bloom.
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Topeka
Kan
Melvern Lake
Osage County
State Departments of Health and Environment and Wildlife and Parks
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Ron Fox
KDHE
Bureau of
Melvem Lake
Five basic reasons listed for state property tax mess
Mike Shields outlines five explanations experts offer for the Kansas property tax crisis. The pieces cover underassessment, a botched statewide reappraisal, shifts in classification benefiting big businesses, revenue gaps from exemptions, and Topeka bureaucrats promoting exemptions to spur growth while homeowners shoulder the burden.
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Mike Shields Harris
Topeka
Kansas
Aska
Education changes planned in Kansas on outcomes based accreditation
Education officials in Kansas explore outcomes based accreditation shifting focus from inputs like books and labs to what students do with them. The 34 member task force led by Max Heim seeks defined grade level goals, with state Board of Education recommendations due in December and public hearings across eight cities in September.
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Matt Truell
Associated Press
Topeka
Kansas
Junction City
Max Heim
Heim
State Board of Education
Craig Shore
Department of Education
Shove
Dunlap
Shawnee Mission
Dodge City
Colby
Hays
Greenbush
Wichita
Salina
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