Article Top Line: “New report says “Opportunity Scholarship” voucher programs undermine public education, foster division, and undermine children’s development while also costing the state millions.” We fully expect to see efforts to expand Kansas’s tax credit scholarship program and launch other voucher schemes. We continue to watch other states and...
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School Finance 101…A Flashback Read as We Begin Another Kansas Legislative Session
Below is a link to a 2017 blog by Bruce Baker, Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey who has written many peer-reviewed articles on state school finance policy. “The necessity to revisit the basic connections between taxation and the provision of...
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Hey Shawnee Mission School District team members, you have an important bond vote coming up! Mail-in ballots are being sent to all registered voters in the district. It’s important for public school supporters to vote for the bond and encourage their friends and neighbors to do the same. See post...
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Thank you, Governor Kelly, for your commitment to continuing progress towards adequate public education funding. We remind the legislature that the Supreme Court has retained jurisdiction in the Gannon case and would not view cuts favorably. From Gov. Kelly:In 2019, the Kansas Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Kansas had enacted...
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