Session of 2025
House Concurrent Resolution No. 5015
By Committee on Taxation
3-19
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Department
of Education to distribute certain federal moneys for education in the
form of block grants to the state.
WHEREAS, The United States Department of Education controls the
distribution of billions of dollars in federal public education funding;
and
WHEREAS, While some federal funding, such as funding provided under
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, is provided to the State
Department of Education for direct distribution to school districts as
pass-through funding for public education, substantial amounts of
federal funding for public education are distributed to the states in
other forms, such as grants, that require states and school districts to
comply with numerous federal requirements as a condition for
receiving such funds; and
WHEREAS, The United States Department of Education is shifting the
governance of public education back to the states; and
WHEREAS, Federal regulation of public education should be diminished
in favor of more oversight by state governments; and
WHEREAS, The use of block grants for federal funds for public
education would allow the State of Kansas the better use of such funds
for the improvement of education in the state by directing such
moneys to those areas of education where it can be most useful: Now,
therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas, the
Senate concurring therein: That the Legislature urges the United
States Department of Education to continue to distribute federal
funding that is distributed to the states as pass-through funding, such
as funding provided under the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act and Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; and
Be if further resolved: That the Legislature urges the United States
Department of Education to distribute all other forms of federal
funding in the form of a block grant of federal moneys to the State of
Kansas without any requirements regarding the use of such funds; and
Be it further resolved: That the Secretary of State shall send an enrolled
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copy of this resolution to President Donald J. Trump, United States
Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, and the members of the
Kansas congressional delegation.
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