“The first estimate was based on figures issued April 6 by the department of education as legislators were preparing to pass the final version of the plan. But new figures April 17 showed the extra dollars for classrooms, as calculated by the Brownback administration, would be $61 million and local school property taxes would drop $84 million, instead of the $78 million previously calculated.” http://cjonline.com/news/2014-04-29/kansas-classroom-aid-estimate-drops-12m...
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Wichita Eagle: Some take issue with Brownback ad, numbers on classroom spending
We are among those who take issue with a recent pro-Brownback ad on school funding numbers and classroom spending. The overall numbers are inflated and include amounts that will only materialize if local voters increase their local property taxes and do not represent new funding at the state level. http://www.kansas.com/2014/04/26/3424952/some-take-issue-with-pro-brownback.html...
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Leave a Comment School advocates say Game On
We’re in the Lawrence Journal World this morning, along with our friends in Lawrence, Andover, Derby and Goddard! It’s time to get in the game, Kansas! “‘Our demographic has done a lousy job of being informed voters,’ [Game On’s Judith] Deedy conceded. ‘I say that without casting blame on anyone. I used to think I was an informed citizen until I started realizing how little I understood.’ With that new focus, members of Game On started reaching out, through social media and other outlets, to connect with like-minded groups in other communities, including Andover, Goddard and Derby in...
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Leave a Comment Kansas City Star: Hold the applause on Kansas school finance bill
We’re not applauding. A few quick thoughts, based on reports from the signing ceremony, which took place in the governor’s office and was attended by top legislative leaders. • Brownback downplayed the part of the bill that gets rid of automatic due process hearings for teachers. That will now be a decision for local school boards, he said. “There’s a lot of local control in this bill,” he said. There seems to be some question about how much leeway school boards will have. But apart from that, the idea of the governor — or any Kansas Republican leader...
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