For the foreseeable future, investment in Kansas public schools will be limited by an inadequate revenue stream. Any discussion of district reserve funds needs to acknowledge the realistic likelihood of mid-year budget cuts despite the promised “certainty” of the block grant funds. “When lawmakers left Topeka last month, it was...
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No comments Monthly Archives: July 2015
Wichita superintendent wary of future cuts
“The Wichita school district’s 2015-16 budget will be ‘ultra-conservative,’ superintendent John Allison told school board members Monday. Even so, schools could face midyear reductions or cuts to personnel and programs in coming years if state revenue doesn’t meet projections… “’It’s going to look like there’s a big increase where, in...
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No comments Game On attracts 8,000th Facebook like
On July 19th, Game On got its 8,000th Facebook like! We love to see Kansans getting into the game! Thank you, Kansas!...
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No comments Understand ALEC’s influence in Kansas
ALEC is meeting July 22-24 in California. Are your legislators going? “Many Republican legislators in the Kansas Statehouse follow a specific agenda. “It’s not Kansas-based, but does come from a political organization supported in part by Kansas’ own Koch brothers: the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), on a mission to...
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