superintendent jamie wittig and school board resident tj milford. g for the communities and we m tj nand jamie, like so many other educators across kansas are fighting for our rural schools, fighting for their communities, and we must join them in that fight. that is why, for the sixth year in a row, my budget will fully fund kansas schools. it is also why my budget will help put kansas on track to fully fund special education. diverting funds from other areas right now, because we are not funding special education at the statutorily required amount, schools end up diverting funds from other areas impacting students across the board. the idea that any kansas school would not have the resources to educate students with special needs, that should be deeply upsetting to all of us. so, let's do something about it. our schools must be able to educate all of our children. that also means our very youngest children. we can't wait until kindergarten to start setting our kids up for strong futures. children's experiences from birth to five determine the traj