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Schools for Fair Funding explain there’s more to the story on school budgets

From our friends at Schools for Fair Funding: There is more to the story…. Response to KPI Blog post January 2, 2015 “School districts budget large spending increases this year.” Dave Trabert mixes apples and oranges when he compares  school district actual spending to published budgeted spending. Best practice, followed by most school districts and businesses is to budget higher than expected expenditures. Mr. Mr. Trabert calls out districts like Wichita for budgeting an 11% increase in administration for FY15.,This ignores the fact that Wichita saw an actual 9% cut in administration the previous year. Over the...
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Vouchers create many problems

This editorial from Texas in many ways applies to Kansas as well. “Until now, reason has prevailed in the Legislature on the subject of taking money from underfunded public schools to be given to unregulated private and parochial schools. “Despite the rhetoric by TAB and others about designing the programs to help poor and minority students trapped in low-performing schools, any universal voucher program will more likely subsidize private school for those who can already afford it. Vouchers do not change the dynamics of student preparation, family transportation or the inherent lack of alternative choices in the state’s...
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