“Rep. John Bradford said his measure would decrease the number of local school districts to 132 from the current 286 and leave 99 of the state’s 105 counties with only one district each. Bradford presented his plan to the House Federal and State Affairs Committee, which agreed to sponsor it...
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No comments Monthly Archives: February 2016
K-12 Student Success Committee Minority Report issued
Here’s a link to the 2015 Special Committee on K-12 Student Success Minority Report. We prefer it to the report that was issued by the majority. https://gallery.mailchimp.com/b5f4d64db636ede3147fc529b/files/School_Finance_Minority_Report.pdf...
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No comments Revised report still calls for big changes
The new report’s wording is less inflammatory than the original but the content is still largely the same and still reflects a lack of understanding of the needs of Kansas school children. “A special legislative committee voted Tuesday, largely along party lines, to issue a final report that calls for...
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No comments Diverting children’s programs funds into General Fund dangerous
“A special endowment designed to provide stable long-term support for the Children’s Initiative Fund has already been raided frequently. From 2001 through 2015, about $180 million was used from the endowment to address budget shortfalls as funds were funneled into the general fund… “The prudent move is to keep the...
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