Would you be willing to testify on a bill that targets hungry kids? Comment or message us. Read more from our friends at Kansas Action for Children. “Under HB 2674, Kansas would be prohibited from participating in the new, permanent Summer EBT program. The federal program would provide just $120 in summer grocery benefits for children who are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals. That modest benefit, 100% federally funded, would help fill the gap that many Kansas families face when their children are on summer break and no longer have access to school breakfast and lunch....
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Private Schools, Public Money: School Leaders Are Pushing Parents to Exploit Voucher Programs
Vouchers are sold as a way of subsidizing private education for poor kids but they’re increasingly becoming welfare for the wealthy and a windfall for private schools without any corresponding obligations. “For years the program, EdChoice, targeted mostly lower-income students in struggling school districts. Now it is an entitlement available to all, with its value decreasing for families with higher incomes but still providing more than $7,000 annually for high school students in solidly middle-class families and close to $1,000 for ones in the wealthiest families. Demand for EdChoice vouchers has nearly doubled this year, at a cost...
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Leave a Comment Johnson and Wyandotte county schools transfer millions to cover state special education shortfall
The Legislature’s own research department said that in the current fiscal year, schools are being shorted $173 million from covering the 92% of statewide excess costs as the law calls for. SPED services are mandatory, and the federal government and Kansas legislature need to fund it. Underfunding SPED hurts all students. -Blue Valley districts spent $57 million last year on special education; they had to transfer $15 million dollars to cover the state shortfall -Shawnee Mission district spent $53 million last year on special education; they had to transfer $19 million to cover the state short fall -De...
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Leave a Comment Southeast Kansas schools transfer more than $1 million to cover state special education shortfall
The Legislature’s own research department said that in the current fiscal year, schools are being shorted $173 million from covering the 92% of statewide excess costs as the law calls for. SPED services are mandatory, and the federal government and Kansas legislature need to fund it. Underfunding SPED hurts all students. -USD 447 spent $1.34 million dollars last year on special education; they had to transfer $441,000 to cover the state shortfall for special education. -Paola school district spent $3.1 million on on special education; they had to transfer $1.1 million to cover the state shortfall for special...
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