Ad astra per aspera or just ad mediocritas? “Kansas is not required by its constitution to have a perfect education funding system or the nation’s best, an attorney for the state told a district court panel Friday as it considered whether to block the state’s new school finance law. “’It...
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No comments Monthly Archives: May 2015
No district getting more operating money under block grant
“The state Education Department’s top finance official testified Friday that no school district in Kansas gets more operating money under Gov. Sam Brownback’s block grant funding system. “After mandatory payments to the state’s public employee retirement fund are factored out, every district that qualified for state equalization payments will get...
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“USD 383 will let 17 teachers and one administrator know that the district intends not to renew their contracts for the 2015-16 school year…At least some of the nonrenewals are attributable to budget cuts. USD 383 officials are trying to figure out what can be kept and what can go...
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Olathe is also feeling the budget crunch. Here’s an excerpt from their May newsletter. BUDGET Q & A WITH CFO/COO JOHN HUTCHISON Budget and finance in school districts is often a frequent topic of conversation and often an area of confusion. Chief Financial and Operations Officer John Hutchison provides insight...
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