Remember when legislators sold the block grant bill as a way to provide districts with certainty in funding? We were skeptical; still are. Sen. Masterson has proposed a 6% cut across the board, which would include schools. “The latest destructive plan emerged Tuesday, pushed along by Sen. Ty Masterson, an...
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9 Senators vote to remove sales tax exemptions for schools
Sunday night/Monday morning 9 senators voted in support of removing sales tax exemptions for schools and other governmental entities (as well as nonprofit hospitals) which would functionally equate to losses of funding. Senators Abrams, Fitzgerald, Holmes, Knox, Lynn, Masterson, Melcher, Pilcher-Cook and Smith voted in favor....
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“The Kansas House on Monday approved and sent to Gov. Sam Brownback a bill funding the judicial branch for the next two years, although critics of the bill say it is blatantly unconstitutional…[T]he most controversial provision says that if the courts overturn a law enacted last year dealing with the...
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No comments Governor blaming schools for cuts
“This isn’t the only time the Governor’s Office has tried to spin the numbers to downplay and dismiss school funding concerns. Willoughby e-mailed a statement in February criticizing media coverage of Gov. Sam Brownback’s decision to trim school districts’ current year funding by about $28 million statewide. “The Kansas City...
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