Here’s how the block grant funding is working in Royal Valley. “The Royal Valley Board of Education is proposing a 5.322 mill increase for its 2016-2017 school budget to help offset a reduction in state aid due to the block grant budget formula… “Superintendent John Rundle explained to the board...
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No comments Monthly Archives: August 2015
Governor’s cuts outlined
We note that when other programs helping families are weakened, a greater burden falls on K-12 schools. “Shannon Cotsoradis, president of Kansas Action for Children, a nonprofit advocacy group, said in a statement that ‘Kansas children and families continue to foot the bill for an unsustainable tax plan.’” Read more...
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Some school funding critics like to claim that districts are choosing to operate inefficiently when they opt not to implement all of the savings recommended by the Legislative Post Audit Committee. This story provides an example of choices a district makes that are not frivolous and should not be equated...
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No comments Governor’s education numbers misleading
“Gov. Sam Brownback’s sloppy — or calculated — misuse of various figures to illustrate his administration’s successes is taking a toll on his credibility… “The job numbers are a case where the figures Brownback is citing may not be wrong but could be misleading to the public. The same is...
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