13 January 2025 | Economic Security Education Early Learning Health Tax and Budget

2025 Legislative Priorities

Kansas Action for Children | January 13, 2025

With 39 new lawmakers coming to the Statehouse for the 2025 legislative session, Kansas Action for Children hopes to build relationships with leaders to all kids have what they need to thrive. KAC has a bold agenda that would ensure more Kansas children have enough to eat for every meal, a robust education and child care opportunities, access to health care when they need it, and economic security.  

As the KAC team works throughout the session, we’ll be keeping followers informed of what lawmakers are working on this session. If you’d like to follow along with us over the next several months, sign up for our newsletter here.  

Our Priorities This Session 

Here are some of the major policies we’re planning to spend our time on this legislative session. This list, however, is not exhaustive. If issues arise that require us to weigh in on behalf of Kansas kids, we’ll be ready. We hope you will be, too.   

Education 

  • Allocate state funding toward the Child Care Accelerator Grant program.  
  • Allocate approximately $2.9 million in state general funds to improve reimbursement to Tier 1 rate for child care providers in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).   
  • Eliminate the direct transfers from the Kansas Endowment for Youth Fund that do not fund the CIF. 

Health 

  • Expand Medicaid in Kansas.  
  • Modernize statutory language authorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).  
  • Protect all kids by continuing existing infectious disease prevention policies, including childhood immunization policy. 

Economic Security 

  • Repeal the restrictive eligibility barriers and sanctions that were enacted in the HOPE Act.  
  • Enact protections that remove source-of-income discrimination for Kansans using housing vouchers.  
  • Allocate continued funding for eligible children to participate in summer feeding programs and no-cost school meals for every child.  
  • Allocate funding for emergency rental assistance. 

Tax Policy 

  • Enact a state child tax credit for every Kansas family.  
  • Reinstate eligibility for renters to participate in the Kansas Homestead Property Tax Refund Program.  
  • Advocate for tax policies that prioritize working Kansas families while maintaining sufficient revenue for state investments in children’s futures. 
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