SB 171 on moving elections has now passed out of committee. It provides for nonpartisan elections for cities and school boards in November of odd-numbered years. As we expressed earlier, although this bill is an improvement over the original, it doesn’t solve any problems, still has school board primaries in...
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No comments Monthly Archives: March 2015
Cash balances not absurd
“A state Senate leader [Terry Bruce] thinks some school districts’ cash reserves ‘are just absurd.’ A House subcommittee votes not just to reject state universities’ funding requests but also to chastise them for the ‘absurdity’ of the proposals. “In reality, what’s absurd is that architects of our state’s budget crisis...
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The State has officially appealed the Gannon adequacy decision. “Since the panel’s ruling, Gov. Sam Brownback has reduced school funding 1.5 percent in the face of a budget shortfall, dropping the amount of base state aid per pupil from $3,852 to $3,811. “This move prompted Schools for Fair Funding, the...
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Clicking on this link will allow you to input your address and generate an email to your legislator automatically urging them to vote no on the two bills to amend the Kansas Constitution provisions on judicial selection. Judicial selection is directly related to school funding. We do not want justices...
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