“Two term incumbent Rep. Jerry Lunn of south Overland Park has drawn a challenger in the Republican race for the District 28 House seat he’s occupied since 2013. “Joy Koesten of south Leawood filed late last month for the August 2 primary. No Democrats have filed for the race to...
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No comments Monthly Archives: February 2016
A & M issues draft efficiency recommendations
The draft report from the consultants hired by the legislature to find efficiencies has been released. Here are the education recommendations: consolidation of health insurance and switching to a high-deductible plan, more consolidation of purchasing and property and casualty insurance and spending down cash balances. (Photo credit Scott Rothschild shared...
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Legislative Research has completed its revision of the draft of the Report of the Special Committee on K-12 Student Success (available at http://www.kasb.org/assets/Advocacy/16/K12StudentRedraft.pdf), and the Kansas Association of School Boards, the Kansas School Superintendents Association, and United School Administrators of Kansas have written a response. Here’s their response: http://www.kasb.org/assets/Advocacy/16/Response-K12Report011216.pdf....
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No comments Walk 2016, March 11-14
Block grants freeze operating funding, state fiscal crisis casts doubt on short- and long-term funding ability, legislative committee fails to make visible progress on a rational funding formula, legislature continues assaults on courts in retaliation for school funding decisions, school board elections moved over nearly-unanimous objections by school boards, teachers...
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