Kansas PTA has a great new myth buster busting the myth that the cycle of school finance litigation will never end. Give it a read. And then tell your representative to vote against HB 2395 due to be heard on the floor of the House later today. Originally posted to...
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CJ Online Article re: School Finance
“Kansas House school finance negotiators succumbed to mounting pressure to make a deal Wednesday by accepting the Senate’s bill adding $90 million annually to public school spending in the next four years to comply with a Kansas Supreme Court order.” https://www.cjonline.com/…/kansas-senate-house-break-impass… Originally posted to Facebook on 04/03/2019....
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No comments KASB: What We Learned From the New Cost Study
Here are the key points from the study, and why its findings are not really surprising. 1. Amount of money matters in student achievement. 2. Kansas already has highly efficient schools. 3. It takes a really big increase in funding to have the best results in the nation. 4. Additionally...
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No comments LJ World Article on Texas A&M School Finance Study Findings
“‘Clearly, I think everybody can acknowledge that these cost estimates are large,’ Willis said. ‘We can also recognize that — and this was a surprise to Lori and I — that Kansas schools are already highly efficient in their use of spending. Kansas schools are operating at levels we have...
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