“Step 1: Programs for which the state is responsible would be adequately funded. Public schools are a prime example. A financially healthy state provides enough resources for schools to allow them to grow and improve. Kansas, however, hovers on the verge of losing a court case for inadequate funding. School funding has been switched to a block grant, not because that’s a more equitable way to distribute funding, or because it is what students need, but because it limits state spending on schools. The same kind of story pervades other parts of the budget — human service programs,...
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Save Our Schools / Cowley County hosts event Tuesday, November 10th
From our friends at Save Our Schools / Cowley County: Dr. John Richard Schrock of Emporia State University will be our special guest speaker on Tues., Nov. 10th, 7 pm at the Winfield high school cafeteria. You don’t want to miss this; Mark your calendar now. Dr. Schrock’s presentation will be “Kansas Education: Past, Present and Future”. Read more here: http://www.winfieldcourier.com/news/article_52cabfd4-79f7-11e5-b873-67371ba3187f.html...
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Leave a Comment Budget appears to be $100 million off
“The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee said Tuesday that Gov. Sam Brownback and the Kansas Legislature may have to find as much as $100 million in budget adjustments during the current fiscal year to avoid ending the year with a negative balance. “‘I’m guessing we’ll be about $100 million negative,’ said Rep. Ron Ryckman Jr., R-Overland Park. Read more here: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2015/nov/03/chairman-says-more-allotments-likely/...
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Leave a Comment Education “deformers” fall in Colorado
“It was a bad night for conservative school reformers in two Colorado elections being watched nationally in the education world — and public education advocates did well in key Philadelphia races as well. “Voters in the Denver suburb of Jefferson County on Tuesday tossed out three conservative members in a recall vote that was marked by some $1 million in spending, including support for the incumbents from a Koch-backed organization… “In Douglas County south of Denver, voters who in 2009 and 2013 supported conservative reformers for the school board voted against three of them who had pushed controversial...
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