Two committees in the Kansas Legislature are close to finishing their work on proposed spending for public schools and the six regents universities.

The funding proposal for Fort Hays State University will be reviewed in the Senate’s  Ways and Means Committee today along with similar proposals for the University of Kansas and its medical center, as well as Kansas State, Wichita State, Pittsburg, Emporia State.

The House Appropriations Committee planned to hear a subcommittee’s recommendation Monday for funding K-12 education for the next two academic years. Kansas spends more than $3 billion on public schools annually.

All of the spending recommendations will be folded into a state government budget bill to be debated in the coming weeks.