Members of the Kansas Children’s Cabinet rebuked the group’s leader Friday after she developed a series of funding recommendations with Gov. Sam Brownback for early childhood programs without her group’s approval that nevertheless were purported to have come from the group.
Amanda Adkins, the group’s chairwoman, said she needed to move quickly in order to get ideas in front of lawmakers during the budget process. She called the recommendations — which the group saw for the first time Friday — “foundational” and indicated she would welcome the group to vote on ...