Blog

Cartoon shows public school shakedown

This cartoon is from Arizona. Their governor and legislature are heavily influenced by ALEC. Right now we face the tax credit scholarship bill and Senator Knox’s foster care bill with a voucher component which shift public dollars toward private schools and home schools. http://m.tucson.com/news/opinion/image_19b33a65-f70b-5c58-9183-3fddca99e59e.html?mobile_touch=true...
Read more Leave a Comment

Important read explaining current school funding situation

This is an important read and explains a lot about our current school funding situation. “No one denies the obvious – that libertarian ideology is driving the current philosophy of Kansas state government and may be, for the moment, supported by a majority of the voters. The Koch brothers’ influence and financial heft has helped elect the current administration and the majority of the Legislature. Just last week their political arm began to attack some of the remaining Republican moderates, including Rep. Steven Becker of Reno County. The various think tanks and political organizations in Kansas, which are...
Read more Leave a Comment

SMSD budget outlook bleak

Stagnant funding is functionally reduced funding when costs for districts continue to rise. We also would like to stress that if school budgets are cut due to the legislature’s response to the Gannon equity decision, we will place blame directly on the legislature, not on the courts. “At the district’s board meeting Monday, Superintendent Jim Hinson said the district already expects it will have to cut $4 million from other programs in the school year beginning in July just to keep up with anticipated increases in personnel salaries and its share of benefit costs, barring an influx of...
Read more Leave a Comment