“Kansas will face a budget shortfall of $238 million by the end of July 2016, the Legislature’s nonpartisan research staff said Friday in a new forecast predicting that the gap will emerge a year sooner than it had anticipated.” Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2014/08/08/3588010/apnewsbreak-new-kansas-figures.html...
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No comments Monthly Archives: August 2014
Bloomberg reports tax cuts prompt S&P to reduce Kansas’ rating
Now instead of being told that the tax cuts will be a shot of adrenaline to the KS economy, we are hearing that our tax cuts need to be matched with spending cuts. Tax cuts shouldn’t be a justification for further cuts to school districts. The rating fell to AA,...
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No comments Kansas Budget blog reports on threat to education and human service programs
“A quick outline: To keep the Kansas State General Fund solvent, lawmakers surely will have to limit spending — by hundreds of millions. The education and human service programs that make up almost 90 percent of State General Fund expenses will bear the brunt of the cuts.” http://www.kansasbudget.com/2014/08/the-wall-street-journal-tells-kansans.html?spref=fb The health...
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No comments More bad news on charters from Ohio
Here’s more on the wonderful world of free market charters from Ohio. But some of the laid-off teachers doubted that kids will be getting a quality education next year at FCI. “It’s just been mass chaos,” said Tina Geygan, who is one of the teachers let go. “We were having...
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