Blue Valley Schools’ operating budget, which provides funding for class sizes, teacher pay, availability of specials classes, and many other factors that impact BV students, is determined by the Kansas Legislature. The 2026 KsLeg session starts tomorrow, Mon., Jan. 12. KsLeg is required by law to fund 92% of excess Special Education costs - that is, the excess money it takes to educate students with IEPs (gifted and disability). But did you know that KsLeg has actually FAILE

We’ve compiled news excerpts detailing the state budget approved by the KsLeg March 27, along with our comments. Links to each news article are listed at the bottom of this post. Kansas lawmakers last week passed a budget that would put the state roughly $460 million in debt by 2028.  When coupled with the   five-year, $2 billion slash to income taxes  from last year’s special session, and assorted new legislation that would deliver tax cuts, the state would be an estimated $

Despite having enough revenue to do so, the Kansas Legislature has refused for years to fully fund excess Special Education costs - which they are mandated to do by state law to 92% of excess costs. What does that mean for Blue Valley students, teachers, and schools? In short: Schools are NOT fully funded. This impacts every BV student, whether or not they receive SPED services. During the current school year alone, Blue Valley has transferred $25 million from their General

More than 18% of Blue Valley students receive SpEd services - that’s much higher than the state average. The law calls for the state to reimburse 92% of the excess costs the district incurs - that is, costs over and above that of students who don’t get SpEd services. But the legislature has ignored this responsibility for years, and is currently only reimbursing 63%. This year, the difference is $12 million in Blue Valley. That means thdistrict must pull $12 MILLION from gene

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