“The Wichita school district’s 2015-16 budget will be ‘ultra-conservative,’ superintendent John Allison told school board members Monday. Even so, schools could face midyear reductions or cuts to personnel and programs in coming years if state revenue doesn’t meet projections… “’It’s going to look like there’s a big increase where, in reality, the dollars we have to spend are the same. It’s just how it’s being counted and reported that will be different.’ “Allison and board members again expressed frustration with the state’s recent change to block-grant funding, which essentially freezes districts’ budgets at this year’s levels. “’The bigger...
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Game On attracts 8,000th Facebook like
On July 19th, Game On got its 8,000th Facebook like! We love to see Kansans getting into the game! Thank you, Kansas!...
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Leave a Comment Understand ALEC’s influence in Kansas
ALEC is meeting July 22-24 in California. Are your legislators going? “Many Republican legislators in the Kansas Statehouse follow a specific agenda. “It’s not Kansas-based, but does come from a political organization supported in part by Kansas’ own Koch brothers: the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), on a mission to shrink government and drive corporate profits. “Examples of ALEC pursuits: • Privatizing education, while undermining support for public schools and educators… “Key ALEC allies in Kansas include Senate President Susan Wagle and House Speaker Ray Merrick, both ALEC board members.” Read more here: http://www.gctelegram.com/opinion/editorial-alec-push-kansans-need-to-understand-group-s-influence/article_c2655d09-4a52-534b-bd49-359ac081d630.html?hash=78c734df5fc1883ad82cb762fcb4ce9f&site=garden_city70...
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Our children have become a “pay-for”. Duane Goossen, Senior Fellow at the Kansas Center for Economic Growth and former Kansas Budget Director, explains it here. “The income tax cuts have also been paid for by cutting back state services. The most prominent example is the switch of school aid to a block grant formula. The block grant lowered classroom funding and then froze that diminished funding in place for the next two years. The block grant was not implemented because it was a better, fairer way to distribute funds. Rather, the key purpose was to put a chokehold...
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