Kansas' P-20 Council, which recently concluded its work (the executive order under which they were created expired this month with the inauguration of new governor Sam Brownback), issued a final report in December.
In this report, the council members speak to the value of a P-20 council as a forum for collaboration across agencies: "We have learned about the vital importance of consensus building among the many groups involved in addressing the individual stages of the educational process ... When the P-20 Council was established, collaboration among various state agencies regarding education was sporadic and lacking focus. That is not to say it did not exist, but it relied primarily on the good will of individual staff members and situational demands. With the establishment of the Council, this collaboration has moved steadily toward a more structured process built into the policies and activities of the respective state agencies concerned with the education of Kansans from pre-K through postgraduate study and on into the workforce."
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