The House and Senate have passed a bill to attempt to comply with the Gannon equity remedy. We understand that the legislature frankly doesn’t have any additional funds available for education and are glad this plan doesn’t take funding from over 100 districts, but we don’t think shifting funds in this manner accomplishes the goal. We think legislators should be inviting stakeholders to the table and creating a new funding formula so we can get out of our current situation, though we also fear what they might come up with given current revenue limitations. “‘This basically takes the...
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In tight budget, legislature passes equity bill
“‘We’re in a tight budget. We need to address the court’s findings on equalization and there’s not a lot of resources to be able to do it with,’ Brownback said.” Read more here: http://m.cjonline.com/news/2016-03-24/legislature-passes-school-finance-equity-plan-slammed-topeka-schools#gsc.tab=0....
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Leave a Comment Pitt State is getting in the game
Pitt State is getting in the game! Way to go! “‘We’re very passionate about this because there are students at this university that have children that are enrolled in K-12. This is why this whole month-long letter-writing campaign has started. Because what else can we do? Try to get ahold of their representatives and get them to do their job. Because it’s very clear that they have not.'” Read more here: http://www.psucollegio.com/news/letters-requested-to-bring-attention-to-school-budgets/article_19b56caa-f1be-11e5-9c80-13b6441e1e6f.html....
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A group called Restore Kansas wants lawmakers to stop budget cuts and then restore funding to areas cut in recent years. The group formed in December when some guardians of Kansans with intellectual and developmental disabilities decided the state needed a group to pull together individuals and organizations that are negatively affected by budget cuts. The group specifically wants funding restored for what it calls vulnerable Kansans: school-age children, people without access to health care, underemployed and working families, people with disabilities, seniors and people who need mental health services. One theme at the event was to urge...
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