Kansas Republicans assert state agency improperly shifted cash among disability service programs

Several Republican members of the Kansas Legislature express irritation with a state agency's transfer of $24 million among state disability programs.

By: Tim Carpenter

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: September 4, 2026

Words: 690

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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TOPEKA — Republicans on a legislative budget committee renewed discontent Friday with Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration, which reallocated millions of dollars that could have benefitted Kansans with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Instead, GOP lawmakers said, approximately $24 million that should have been targeted at 5,300 people on the state’s I/DD waiting list was transferred internally by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services. The cash was used to expand aid to Kansans with severe …

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