“Kansas has the fifth largest percentage cut in public school funding in the nation based on a comparison of spending before the Great Recession and now, according to a report released Thursday by the Center on Budget Policy and Priorities. “The research organization’s findings echo concerns raised by the Kansas...
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No comments Monthly Archives: October 2014
SMSD offers lemonade stand explanation of funding types
Are you and/or your friends confused about the differences between operating expenses, capital expenses, bonds and LOBs (Local Option Budget)? Here’s a good explanation. (Click on the video Budgeting 101: From the Student Perspective.) http://budgetfinance.smsd.org/pages/understanding.aspx...
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No comments NC charter operator profiting off of schools
We see some familiar names here. This article highlights our areas of concern. “In late February, the North Carolina chapter of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation — a group co-founded by the libertarian billionaire Koch brothers — embarked on what it billed as a statewide tour of charter schools, a...
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No comments Milwaukee taxpayers pay $139 million for barred schools
Milwaukee has the nation’s longest-running voucher program. Kansas is following its lead with the passage of the corporate tax credit “scholarship” program to allow low income students to attend private schools. What’s the problem with that? It takes money from the state general fund and provides no measures of accountability...
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