KASB Live Podcast

About KASB Live 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.

Publisher

Kansas Association of School Boards

Category

business · education · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Apr 2018

Latest episode

12 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

40 of 187 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   12 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Is Kansas School Funding Being Misrepresented?

   Leah Fliter and Shannon Kimball interview Kyle Carlin about his concerns regarding misrepresentation of Kansas school funding data and its impact on education policy.

2. 

   3 Apr 2026

   Mandates Rise, Funding Gaps Widen as the 2026 Legislative Session Winds Down

   As the Kansas Legislature heads into the veto session, Leah Fliter and Shannon Kimball unpack what the final weeks of the 2026 session mean for public schools. From a narrowly passed state budget to last‑minute policy moves, this episode examines a growing pattern at the Statehouse: rising mandates, persistent underfunding, and increasing costs shifted onto local school districts. The hosts break down continued shortfalls in special education funding, cuts to student mental health services, n...

3. 

   20 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Kansas Special Education Funding Crisis Deepens as Legislature Barrels Toward the Finish

   Host Shannon Kimball analyzes the escalating Kansas special education funding crisis as the legislature approaches adjournment, detailing legislative roadblocks and ongoing negotiations.

Inside a recent episode

Is Kansas School Funding Being Misrepresented?

Published 12 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It goes up by 43% when inflation rose by 35% in the same rate, which looks like what the heck, we're putting so much more money into education than what it should be costing if education was influenced by inflation in the same way. And again, it's a compelling argument. But what that fails to acknowledge is that a lot of the added money that was done during that time frame were things that were either a remedy because of a legal dispute. A lot of that extra money was put into our education system because of the Gannon lawsuit that forced the legislature to increase funding per student. There were some very sharp increases during the timeline that the chart covers. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

40

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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