
The Advocate - A KASB Podcast
The Kansas Association of School Boards Advocacy and Communications Teams bring you semi-regular updates from Topeka on current issues affecting K-12 Education.
Podcasting since 2018 • 15 episodes
The Advocate - A KASB Podcast
Latest Episodes
K-12 budget plan dwindles, vouchers get hearings & KASB visits D.C.
Leah and Shannon discuss what the House Appropriations Committee agreed to cut from the K-12 budget plan, what two vouchers debated in committees look like and we hear about the priorities put in front of federal officials on the KASB trip to W...
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Season 2025
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Episode 4
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20:52

SPED Funding Boost Gets Approval, Voucher Debate Next Week
2025, Episode 3: Leah and Shannon discuss the plan to increase SPED funding by $30 million in FY 26 and 27, how the statewide mill levy change shouldn't decrease funding for schools, voucher bills that will be debated in committee hearings next...
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Season 2025
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Episode 3
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17:23

Property Tax Discussion Heats Up, K-12 Budget Next
2025, Episode 2: This week, Leah and Shannon discuss possible property tax and statewide mill levy cuts, voucher bills, a Greeley County bond fix and preview next week's K-12 budget discussion.
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Season 2025
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Episode 2
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15:19

2025 Legislative Session Begins
2025, Episode 1: The Advocate is back! Leah and Shannon discuss the start of the legislative session, the State of the State address and what they heard in committee meetings this first week.
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Season 2025
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Episode 1
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22:02

Ep. 54 The Advocate | A Successful Legislative Session for Public Schools
Welcome back to The Advocate!Leah Fliter and Shannon Kimball discuss the recently passed K-12 Budget bill, SB 387, which fully funds the Gannon formula and provides an additional $75 million in state funding to special education. The te...
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18:55

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