“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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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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No comments Garden City Telegram – School Funding Report Article
“Thus, some lawmakers have been attempting to prove to the court that school funding is already adequate. “The study suggested otherwise, finding that more than $400 million in additional funding is necessary just to preserve current student achievement outcomes in reading and math… “Jennings noted that not all of the...
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