In the House Education Committee on February 10, Reps. Grosserode, Bruchman, Lunn, Rhoades, Macheers, Bradford, Barker, Barton, Dove, and Highland voted to pass a bill on teacher negotiations limiting negotiations to compensation and working hours despite the fact that the superintendents association, the school boards association and the teachers unions all came up with a compromise bill that would allow each side up to 5 other negotiable items, and despite the fact that the efficiency commission that met over several months voted against drafting the bill limiting negotiations to compensation and hours and opted instead to let the...
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USD 336 superintendent explains funding cuts
Here’s an excellent explanation of current funding from Dennis R. Stones, Superintendent USD 336. Holton Public Schools USD 336 From USD 336 School Superintendent Dennis Stones: Dear Colleagues and Community Members: Several people have approached me with questions about the Governor’s recent funding cuts. The Governor wants us to believe the cuts are due to school funding being “out of control” and that these cuts are simply a reduction of last year’s increase. That might be true for the state, but this is mostly false for school districts. I will attempt to explain this issue. School finance is...
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Leave a Comment Hutch News on elusive magic education funding formula
Here’s a great column from the Hutch News. “I suppose it is politically useful to pretend there is a magic formula out there which will provide a better system of education at a reduced price. It is the same approach as pretending one can lower taxes and collect more revenue, that one can remove large sums of money from the highway budget and not affect road quality, that the number of prison guards can be reduced and not affect safety or performance, or that we can fix KPERS on the cheap by borrowing a lot of money. “The...
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Leave a Comment Walk with Game On March 27-30
Are you ready to make your voices heard for the sake of the children in your community? We’re going to be doing our third 60-mile walk from JOCO to Topeka March 27-29 with a final walk and press conference the morning of Monday, March 30. If you’d like to help organize the effort for your community, comment or message us. Otherwise, mark your calendar and plan to join us. More details to come. Here’s a video from last year’s walk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_3EbCov8Js...
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