There was a hearing yesterday on SB 270 in the House Taxation Committee (not the Education Committee) which would expand the corporate tax credit “scholarship” program to increase eligibility from students at low-performing schools to students at all public schools. The bill passed the Senate 29-11 earlier this session. This...
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No comments Monthly Archives: May 2015
Masterson urges restraint in using extraordinary needs fund
In addition to our earlier post mentioning Sen. Masterson’s focus on cutting spending rather than looking at tax policy, we note “Gov. Sam Brownback and legislative leaders approved less than half of the $1.1 million in additional funding requested by eight school districts [at a meeting last week for requests...
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Will you hold legislators accountable for inadequate spending on schools? “Americans for Prosperity has launched a mail campaign encouraging Kansans to thank lawmakers who have previously pledged to keep taxes low and to hold them to that promise as the Legislature looks to fill a projected budget hole… “AFP has...
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No comments Kansas court case follows history of valuing Kansas public education
The lower court panel held a hearing in the Gannon school funding case on May 7th. “‘For the most part they were well educated people,’ says historian Virgil Dean who worked at the Kansas State Historical Society. ‘They came here with the idea that they’re either going to recreate something...
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