“The survey requested by the Legislature’s Special Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government is designed to assess the impact of a bill (HB 2345) introduced last session that would make it illegal for anyone to serve on a local school board if his or her spouse, parent or sibling...
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Westar rate increase leaves districts with less funding for classrooms
“‘When you think about 4 percent, what’s 4 percent, but 21,000 dollars, that’s quite a bit,’ said Valley Center Assistant Superintendent Mike Bonner… ‘”With the block grant, our funds for the next couple years are pretty much locked in and our general fund money…went down about 60,000 dollars this year,’...
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“‘Justice requires this court take immediate action to stop these ongoing efforts by the state to dodge its constitutional obligations,’ [Plaintiffs’ attorney Alan] Rupe said. “Rupe pointed to a 2005 state Supreme Court ruling in a related school funding case, Montoy v. State, in which the high court ordered the...
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“A national credit rating firm reported Friday adoption in Kansas of a block-grant system for financing public schools to be a ‘negative’ development worthy of scrutiny by investors. “Moody’s Investor Service in New York theorized repeal by the 2015 Legislature and Gov. Sam Brownback of the state’s traditional funding mechanism...
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