Here’s some good background on the school finance litigation leading up to this week’s hearing in the Gannon case. Click here: http://kcur.org/post/primer-school-funding-case-kansas-supreme-court#stream/0...
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Goossen on what financial health looks like
“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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Leave a Comment 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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