“Meanwhile, Lawrence school district officials said they are still not pleased with Brownback’s proposal for K-12 funding because, even though there are no substantive cuts in block grant funding, the fact that Lawrence’s enrollment continues to grow means the governor’s plan amounts to a cut, at least on a per-pupil basis. “Furthermore, Lawrence was among the districts that saw substantial cuts last year when the Legislature abolished the old per-pupil funding formula, replacing it for two years with block grants, because in that change, the state no longer counts virtual school students when calculating aid for the district’s...
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Kansans for Fair Courts on merit selection
Governor Brownback would like a court system that doesn’t rule against the state in school funding cases. We are grateful for an independent judiciary. Public school supporters need to be Kansas court supporters. Here we’re sharing a Facebook post from Kansans for Fair Courts Kansans for Fair Courts January 13 at 12:00pm · In response to Governor Sam Brownback’s remarks about our state court system in last night’s State of the State address, Kansans for Fair Courts Executive Director Ryan Wright issued the following statement: “Once again, Governor Brownback is trying to deceive us when it comes to...
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Leave a Comment Collaborative message from KASB, USA/Kansas, KSSA and KNEA
This is a collaborative message released on-behalf of KASB, USA|Kansas, KSSA and KNEA Our Kansas public schools are great. Every day teachers, principals, superintendents, support professionals and school leaders work magic in our classrooms and districts statewide. The results are there. Working with parents and communities, Kansas schools rank in the top ten nationally across numerous measures, including reading and math tests, high school completion and college preparation. The Kansas education community is proud of these results and Kansas parents feel confident sending their children to our public schools every day. But our heartfelt desire is to move...
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Here’s a release from our friends at Kansas Action for Children. RELEASE: Brownback budget recommends dismantling of Kansas’ early-childhood legacy Email, RSS Follow FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 13, 2016 TOPEKA – This morning, in his updated FY 2016-2017 budget recommendations, Gov. Sam Brownback called for the dismantling of Kansas’ system of funding for critical early childhood programs. “This isn’t just a short-sighted budget recommendation,” said Shannon Cotsoradis, President and CEO of Kansas Action for Children. “This will dismantle one of Kansas’ most innovative, forward-thinking legacies. Kansas was the first to establish an endowment in an effort to ensure...
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