In Valley Center, [the governor’s block grant proposal] could have very negative consequences that should concern parents and community members. Since 2010, Valley Center schools have increased an average of 101 FTE (full time equivalency) students per year. In other words, each year we see an increase equivalent to 101 new students (combining increase in the number of students 1.) enrolled, 2.) receiving at-risk or special education services, 3.) enrolled in career ready courses, and/or 4.) receiving bus transportation services). Under Governor Brownback’s two year block grant proposal, USD 262 would not receive additional funding for those 202...
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Goossen: Governor’s Budget Misses the Mark
From Duane’s latest blog: Governor’s Budget Misses the Mark “The governor is also proposing serious spending cuts, especially to public education. Kansas classrooms do not get more money. Rather, $127 million comes out…The cuts to education and other services are damaging, but will get even worse if more revenue is not found.” See the full post on the Kansas Center for Economic Growth website, http://realprosperityks.com/duane-goossen-governors-budget-misses-mark/...
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Leave a Comment KSDE shows cuts to public education operating budgets
Dale Dennis of the Kansas State Department of Education shows Brownback’s education proposal represents a large cut in operational spending, but Sen. Ty Masterson, chairman of the Senate Ways and Means prefers to focus on overall spending. “Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposed budget represents about a $127.4 million cut in schools’ regular K-12 operating funds from this fiscal year to next year, according to a report released Tuesday by the state Department of Education…Dale Dennis, deputy commissioner of education, said the $127 million-plus in cuts identified in the education department report represent money that goes to fund classroom education...
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“’This has been tried in any number of states,” said [Bruce Baker, a school finance professor at Rutgers University who previously taught at The University of Kansas], who has testified in school funding lawsuits across the country and on behalf of the plaintiffs in Kansas’ ongoing school finance lawsuit, Gannon v. State. ‘Call it a different formula. Call it something structurally completely different, even if it’s not. Give it a new name. “That, he said, can be presented in court as an argument to dismiss a case — based on the idea that the formula specified in the...
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