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Republicans are likely to approve a proposed state budget for Kansas with provisions aimed at forcing the state’s Democratic governor to restrict diversity initiatives on college campuses and help Texas in its fight with the Biden administration over border security.
GOP negotiators for the state House and Senate have agreed to include those items in a single bill containing the bulk of the $25 billion in spending for Kansas’ 2025 budget year, which begins July 1. Top Republicans in the GOP-controlled Legislature expect both chambers to vote this week on the final version of the bill.
“It’s an opportunity to make a point,” state Senate President Ty Masterson, a Wichita-area Republican, said Wednesday. “The power of the purse — that’s all we have. That’s our main power.”
The report explains that Republicans in both the Kansas House and Senate have approved resolutions supporting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s efforts to secure the border.
Therefore, Republicans included an extra $15.7 million in the next state budget, under the condition that Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly use it for Kansas National Guard resources to Texas.
Also included in the bill is a stipulation that $35.7 million in funding will be yanked away from state universities “unless their presidents appeared before Kelly and top legislative leaders and confirmed that they were not requiring prospective students, job applicants or staffers seeking promotion to provide statements endorsing diversity, equity or inclusion initiatives or discussing past experiences with it.”
If Kelly vetoes the bill, the $35.7 million in funding is gone.
Democratic state Rep. Tom Sawyer, of Wichita, complained, “It’s kind of like blackmail.”
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