We thank KU student Schuyler Kraus for pushing to get the emails linking Koch funding for the Center for Applied Economics at KU and testimony by the center’s director, Art Hall, against the renewable energy standards in Kansas. We note that the Kochs and their funded entities also oppose public school funding and support school privatization. The center’s reports include Charter Schools: An Introduction and Discussion for the Case of Kansas and Surrounding States Profile and Comparison of Kansas K-12 Employment Levels (published by KPI) The Relationship Between School Funding and Student Achievement in Kansas Public Schools. Read...
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Revenues fail to meet projections again
This is not good news for the future of school funding. The estimates have been lowered several times, and we’re still not meeting them. “Two months into the state’s fiscal year, tax revenue flowing into the Kansas treasury is $29.4 million below the combined projection for July and August.” Read more here: http://cjonline.com/news/state/2015-09-01/kdor-august-tax-collections-25-million-less-projected...
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Leave a Comment Governor continues misleading statements
From our friends at Blue Valley District Supporter, “Gov. Sam Brownback repeatedly demonstrates that he either fails to understand the basic tenets of school financing or he is willing to deliberately mislead the citizens of Kansas. “How many voters ACTUALLY BELIEVE Brownback though? I bet a lot of them. You don’t expect someone to just lie to your face over…and over… and over. The truth is kind of complicated and hard to understand if you don’t follow how school finance works. But getting the truth out there is so important for the future of our schools.” This editorial...
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Leave a Comment Emergency aid funding came from regular district funding
“’I do appreciate the fact that you’re looking at maybe giving us $55,000,’ [Dan Brungardt, superintendent of Bonner Springs] said, ‘but I would like to point out that’s only an additional $3,000 once you take away the deduction for the fund.’ “Brungardt said the state subtracted more than $52,000 in general state aid from USD 204’s budget this year to contribute to the emergency aid pool. “The $3,000, he said, would be the actual new money USD 204 would receive to serve 39 new students. That is $76 per student… “Cory Gibson, superintendent of the 2,800-student Valley Center...
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