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Kansas Legislature Launches Panel to Study K-12 Education

High Plains Public Radio | By Jonathan Baker

Published October 27, 2015 at 5:18 PM CDT

Last week in Topeka, lawmakers launched a special committee to come up with a new school finance formula and to study student educational outcomes, according to The Wichita Eagle. The committee hopes to improve efficiency in Kansas public schools. The 15-person committee, made up of Kansas House and Senate members, is known as The Special Committee on K-12 Student Success. The group began by reviewing classroom expenses and teacher pay and benefits.

In related news, the Kansas Supreme Court will hear arguments next month in a suit alleging the state has failed to adequately and equitably fund K-12 education.