Here’s another cut to education. “Kansas school districts this year will get less than half the monetary incentive they expected from the state as part of a 2012 initiative to enhance career and technical education. “A memo sent to school districts from the Kansas State Department of Education last week says the per-pupil payment for students who obtained certificates in certain high-demand fields will be ‘approximately $450’ for the just-completed school year. That’s down from a $1,000 per-student incentive promised in the initial legislation… “[SKDE’s Dale] Dennis said the incentives were cut because ‘the money wasn’t there’ in...
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Judges not fooled by funding maneuvers
“The judges fortunately were not fooled. ‘Though promoted as a change and improvement in K-12 funding,’ they wrote, the new law amounts to ‘no more than a freeze’ on school districts’ operational funding. “Any apparent increases, they added, stem from a legislative maneuver to add the state’s contribution to teacher pension funds to the block grants, and falsely claim that money as operational funding.” Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article25624801.html...
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Here’s how Senate President Susan Wagle responded to the court decision supporting better funding for our schools and the children they serve. “It appears Washington, D.C., isn’t the only place courts have decided to draft their own laws and ignore the will of the people,’ Wagle said. ‘Topeka judges aren’t legislators, and it’s time they stopped auditioning for the role in their rulings.'” Read more here: http://cjonline.com/news/2015-06-26/shawnee-county-district-court-panel-strikes-down-kansas-school-finance-law-attorney...
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Leave a Comment USD 383 board member reacts to Gannon decision
Well said, USD 383 school board member and 3-day Game On walk to Topeka walker Aaron Estabrook. “Today the court decision validates what school districts and parents across Kansas have been telling their legislators since January. The Legislature is under-funding public education at an unconstitutional level. They along with the Governor have reneged on the equalization promise from last year and have been dishonest in counting KPERS as money going into the classroom. 15 days ago Speaker Ray Merrick rallied his caucus for a tax bill saying ‘we all took an oath to uphold the constitution’. It’s not...
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