“Rupe said the governor is forcing local school districts to pick up additional costs while telling them to make do with an unconstitutional funding level. “Mark Tallman, lobbyist for the Kansas Association of School Boards, cautioned that freezing funding levels — even for a short time — could force districts...
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No comments Monthly Archives: February 2015
Game on, Kansas
Let us be blunt. This governor and our legislative leadership have no intention of complying with any court order to increase school funding. The proposal to change the formula is a ploy to avoid the court’s decision. It will take time to figure out how funding is being reduced and...
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We’ll have more to say on this but here’s information from KASB. We agree “’A majority of the projected shortfall we face is due to increases in K-12 spending since fiscal year 2014,’ Brownback said in his State of the State address… “Brownback’s statement was a far cry from his...
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No comments Courts are not meant to be democratic
Last night in the State of the State Gov. Brownback said we should change how judges are selected and make our courts more democratic. We vehemently disagree. Our courts are not designed to be democratic. We have 3 branches of government, two of which are democratic, with the remaining branch...
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