We share Sen. Hensley’s concerns and saw many phrases in this report that we have seen in reports authored by the Kansas Policy Institute. In reading the report, we could see little evidence that anyone other than Mr. Trabert was heeded. While we are glad to see the report is being pulled, we believe the ultimate result will be the same. “Hensley supported Ryckman’s motion. He said the draft report was hostile to public education and maintained KPI and Trabert had undue influence over the drafting of the report. Much of Trabert and KPI’s testimony was included in...
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KS misses December lowered estimates by over $35 million
Kansas missed the new lowered estimates for December by over $35 million, putting the state in position to have a deficit by the end of the fiscal year. We are concerned that a new education funding formula in this context will have more to do with what we can currently afford than what our children need. Read more about today’s tax numbers here: http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article52986745.html...
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Leave a Comment New funding formula unlikely this year
“‘Following the 2015 repeal of the school finance formula that was replaced with block grants, the expectation should be that the Education Budget committees will be hard at work crafting a new formula,’ says Rep. Barbara Bollier. ‘As a member of that committee, I have been told this is not the case and our committee will not be involved. My suspicion is that solving the school funding puzzle will be delayed until next session because it is an election year and votes on such a bill might expose where many legislators truly stand on the issue, specifically not...
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Leave a Comment K-12 draft report recommends significant changes
“A report prepared for consideration Tuesday by the Kansas Legislature’s committee on K-12 education declares the current testing approach fails students, describes the method of identifying at-risk students as discriminatory and urges state government oversight of school bond proposals before they are placed on a local ballot… “Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat on the K-12 committee, said material and conclusions in the report closely resembled recommendations offered by the Kansas Policy Institute, a conservative think tank that has sought for years to reorganize public education. Dave Trabert, president of KPI, testified to the K-12...
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