Monthly Archives: February 2015

Northeast Johnson County elected officials and education advocates shared their thoughts on the governor’s proposals, including his suggestion that the school finance formula be rewritten and his assertion that the state’s budget crisis is being fueled by education spending. Here’s what they had to say: Rep. Melissa Rooker (R), District...

“The ranking minority member on the Senate Ways and Means Committee, Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka, said it’s clearly a significant cut in school funding, potentially more than $100 million. “She said it appears the budget writers essentially froze school revenues at the current level while requiring local districts to pick...

Sen. Pres. Susan Wagle says K-12 funding is killing the budget. We think irresponsible tax policy is killing public education. “‘A crisis is an opportunity,” [Wagle] said. ‘We have three cost drivers that are really killing our budget. One is K-12 formula. One is the KPERS (state pension system) debt....