“If the tax cut become law, attempts to cut school funding will follow — the GOP will claim a self-imposed budget crisis. That, too, is a replay of the Brownback movie… “All of this is confusing and disappointing on a policy level. But it is horrible politics, too. “Kelly won election in November. She got more votes than her GOP opponent, Kris Kobach. Yet some Republicans already seem to have lost sight of the clear message that voters sent.” Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/…/editori…/article225941245.html… Originally posted to Facebook on 02/10/2019....
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KASB Infographic on education and the state general fund
Shared by Shannon Kimball USD 497 Board of Ed on Facebook on February 12, 2019: “We often hear concerns that K-12 education takes up half of the state general fund budget; that this level of funding is not sustainable, and that K-12 aid – partially in response to school finance lawsuits – is crowding out funding for other programs. Actually, K-12 funding has been about 50 percent of the SGF since the 1990’s. In fact, the main school finance programs – general or base state aid, special education aid, equalization aid for local option budgets and capital outlay...
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Leave a Comment Game On Testimony – SB44, School Funding
Game On testified on two different bills in the Capitol today. The first was SB44, which is the governor’s school funding plan. We testified in favor of this bill and in particular in support of promptly adding funding for inflation during the phase-in of the funding passed by the legislature last session. There were so many proponents of the bill, the hearing was done over two days. Proponents included One United Voice/Shawnee Co. Schools, USD 482 Dighton, USD 445 Coffeyville, USD 393 Solomon, USD 273 Beloit Schools, Stand Up Blue Valley, Schools For Fair Funding, Mainstream Coalition, Kansas...
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Leave a Comment Game On Testimony, HB 2166 re: mandating financial literacy
Game On testified in the House Education Committee in opposition to House Bill 2166 which would require every district to offer a financial literacy course and would require every Kansas high school student to pass a semester-long course during their junior or senior year to graduate high school. Although financial literacy is an important skill, it is the role of the State Board of Education to set state standards and the role of local boards of education to decide how to implement them. This is not the role of the legislature. Additionally, requiring another class for Kansas high...
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