“As we struggle with a providing equity and adequacy in a Kansas school funding formula we would do well to get my mom involved. Equity doesn’t look the same in every district. Equity doesn’t forget districts with special needs, but neither does it forget districts without them. “Kansans recognize that districts have different needs. Kansans know that we have to think about how to provide the best education to all of our children. My mom instilled in her family the understanding that helping my brother and sister was different from helping me, but it was just what we...
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Markley to challenge McPherson in Republican primary
“Yet another south Johnson County Republican incumbent has drawn a primary challenger. “Overland Park resident Patty Markley on Tuesday filed to challenge incumbent Craig McPherson in the Republican primary for the House District 8 seat he has occupied since defeating incumbent Sheryl Spalding in 2012.” Read more here: http://bluevalleypost.com/2016/03/29/patty-markley-to-challenge-incumbent-craig-mcpherson-in-gop-primary-for-house-seat-44228....
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Leave a Comment Update from Rep. Ousley: More money must be infused into all our districts
“As a dad with kids in the SMSD, I’ve witnessed the cuts over the last six years. NE Jo Co Rep. Nancy Lusk (D) and I broke with our fellow Democrats, and voted to concur on the bill to protect our schools from additional cuts. I understand how maddening this is for other districts, and I agree that more money MUST be infused into all of our districts. “Republican leadership killed the Democratic bills that would do that in committee. “Many believe as a ‘rich’ district, SMSD can weather cuts. However, SMSD has 11 Title I schools, and...
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Leave a Comment Legislators file constitutional protest over equity bill
“Carmichael and Ward are adamant that the bill the Legislature passed doesn’t meet the standards the Supreme Court order requires to provide roughly equal educational opportunity to students in rich and poor districts. “’Instead it is a freeze of equalization payments at the current levels accomplished through the artifice of a ‘hold harmless’ provision that benefits wealthier school districts at the expense of poorer districts,’ the Carmichael-Ward protest says. ‘The bill also violates the constitutional requirement of equity by expanding Local Option Budget (LOB) authority only for districts wealthy enough to afford local property tax increases.’” Read more...
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