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. -Chase County school district spent $657,000 last year on special education; they had to transfer $220,000 to cover the state shortfall for special education. -McPherson school district spent $5.2 million last year on special education; they had to transfer $2.4 million to cover the state shortfall for...
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Voucher programs start small, but end up costing states big money
As this article, Kansas already saw what happens when your state can’t afford to maintain its public school funding. But some Kansas legislators are trying the bait-and-switch we see happening in other states. Just this week, KPI introduced an ESA “light” bill that allegedly targets some students. We’ve seen this before, and we’re not falling for it. You shouldn’t either. “Bait-and-switch is an old retail tactic. You lure customers in with promises of a deep discount, only to inform them that the deal has a catch. The real price tag, it turns out, is quite a bit more....
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Leave a Comment Sedgwick and Butler county schools transfer millions to cover 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. -El Dorado school district spent $2.2 million last year on special education; they had to transfer $770,000 to cover the state shortfall for special education. -Derby school district spent $1million last year on special education; they had to transfer $370,000 to cover the state shortfall for special...
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Leave a Comment Northwest Kansas 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. -Hays school district spent $7 million last year on special education; they had to transfer $2.2 million to cover the state shortfall for special education. -Golden Plains school district spent $400,000 last year on special education; they had to transfer $177,000 to cover the state shortfall for...
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