We support the Senate position. “The talks feature a showdown between House leaders who want to install a fleet of policy demands on public schools and Senate leaders who simply added a $90 million inflation adjustment to the $525 million increase passed a year ago.”https://www.cjonline.com/…/failure-of-kansas-house-to-pass-… Orginally posted to Facebook on 04/02/2019....
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KASB Post re: Funding and Outcomes
“Improving Kansas education levels have a direct economic impact because employees with higher credentials earn more. A higher percentage of Kansas with college degrees in 2017 means higher incomes than would have been if education levels were unchanged from 1990.” https://kasb.org/blog/changes-in-kansas-educational-outcomes-and-funding/ Orginally posted to Facebook on 04/02/2019....
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“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 School Funding Bill Vote Count
The House passed the school funding bill 76-47. It now goes to the Senate, where it is expected to pass (probably this evening). Please thank the following legislators who voted in favor: Alcala, Amyx, Baker, Ballard, Benson, Bishop, Burroughs, Carlin, Carlson, Carmichael, Clark, Clayton, Concannon, Cox, Croft, Curtis, Dierks, Dietrich,...
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