“The change is the result of an anticipated $1.5 million blow to the district’s budget for the next fiscal year. School leaders says that’s hundreds of thousands of dollars more compared to past years. “‘We’re at that point where it is going to impact students in the classroom and certainly the teachers that are teaching those kids everyday,’ said Superintendent JK Campbell. “Campbell blames the growing cuts in state aid, declining enrollment and increasing special education costs. “In addition to shutting down Winfield Intermediate, he says programs are on the chopping block, some support staff will be laid...
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State Board of Education discusses allowing unlicensed teachers
“Alternative certification programs, such as the Transition to Teaching program in Wichita schools, allow people with degrees in certain content areas to teach for up to two years with a provisional license while they complete education coursework. In the meantime, they are paired with a peer mentor and get help from district mentors and university faculty. “’We have a shortage of physicians in western Kansas, but we don’t tell nurses and EMTs that they can practice medicine,’ [KNEA’s Mark] Desetti said. ‘We do tuition forgiveness programs, recruit people, we pay them more to bring them out there. …...
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KASB has provided an analysis of the block grant bill, including tables and charts for individual districts and a fact sheet. This information is helpful for countering “information from some quarters that schools are receiving significant funding increases.” KASB explains, “But remember this important caveat: Even the tight funding envisioned by SB 7 has yet to be approved and is dependent upon the Legislature approving some kind of tax increase when the wrap up session starts April 29. “The new data shows that state operating aid per pupil, adjusted for inflation, will increase less than 2 percent over...
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Leave a Comment KCEG reports shows tax cut toll on communities and schools
A report from KCEG, “Tax Cuts Taking A Toll on Kansas Communities”, details impacts of unaffordable and unprecedented tax cuts on Kansas communities. When a recession ends, recovery is supposed to begin – and it is, for all the states in our region, EXCEPT Kansas. Our self-inflicted crisis caused by the 2012 & 2013 tax cuts is leaving Kansans and their communities to bear the burden for this misguided and ill-advised path. See the full report at http://realprosperityks.com/kac/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tax_cuts3.pdf...
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