“Finding the revenue to pass a two-year budget should not be lawmakers’ only concern. Back home in their districts, many schools are suffering serious consequences from the recently approved block-grant bill, which repealed the two-decade-old school-finance formula. Some are ending the semester early, cutting programs, raising fees or a combination....
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KASB running account of school district budget cuts as of May 15, 2015
From KASB: School districts across Kansas are reporting that they are making budget cuts or other adjustments because of state funding problems under the new block grant finance plan. Supporters of the new block grant school finance plan say it increases total funding to public schools, gives districts more flexibility...
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One reason we opposed the block grants was that we did not believe they would provide the certainty and stability of funding that was promised. “Less than two months after lawmakers passed a controversial bill that replaced the state’s school finance formula with locked-in funding amounts, a Senate panel Thursday...
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No comments Four Burrton teacher contracts not renewed as cost-cutting measure
“Four Burrton teachers did not have their contracts renewed when the USD 369 school board met on Monday night in what superintendent Jeff Shearon called ‘a cost-cutting measure, pure and simple.’ “Librarian Marci Shearon, first grade teacher Amber Kline and physical education teacher Dylan Pohlman did not have their contracts...
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