August 28th, Governor Brownback’s office sent out an email indicating that there is nothing wrong with Kansas school funding, that editorial boards and union leaders are engaging in “bombastic talk” and spreading a “false narrative” that our schools “are starving due to lack of funding.” He then focused on new...
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No comments Monthly Archives: September 2015
Double standard on financial support
“Brownback’s camp didn’t force those businesses to outline how their tax savings would create jobs (the governor’s economic pipe dream.) School districts, meanwhile, had to grovel for aid from a fund created with dollars stripped from their K-12 state funding. “Sadly, it’s all part of the plot to undermine public...
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No comments Implementation of block grants doesn’t inspire confidence
“In the end, the Finance Council decided to allocate only about half of the $12.3 million it had available. Some members of the panel said they liked the new system because it gave them more flexibility to address unique needs in individual districts. Another way to look at it would...
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No comments Finance council slashes requests for aid
“Steve Karlin, superintendent of Garden City USD 457, which sought more than $1 million in emergency aid and received less than $60,000, disputed the panel’s suggestion that his district’s needs don’t warrant extra help from the state. “’I’m disappointed with the result,’ Karlin said. ‘I think given what happened with...
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