Tag: Dave Trabert
Supreme Court Rejects School Funding Model It Once Used
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional lawmakers’ most recent attempt at a school financing formula, in part, because the formula…
KS Supreme Court Rules New School Funding Inadequate, Inequitable
Lawmakers have until April 30 to craft a new school financing formula. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled legislators’ latest school…
SFFF Lawyers Clean Up with $7M from Schools
School districts funneled more than $7 million in taxpayer funding to attorneys who sued the state for additional taxpayer money.…
Blue Valley District So Poor It Spent $130K in Legal Fees to Deny a Student Books
The Blue Valley School District is so poor officials spent $130,000 in legal fees trying to get out of an…
Former Budget Director Spins State Spending Tall Tale
Former Kansas budget director Duane Goossen fired up the spin yesterday in a guest column for the Wichita Eagle. Goossen…
Schools Demand More Funding in KS Supreme Court Brief
Attorneys who sued the state for additional school funding filed a brief saying a newly-adopted funding formula falls short of adequacy.…
Signs of K-12 Education Overspending Abound
There’s a possibility that some public schools spend more than necessary. Though that sort of blasphemy is rarely discussed in polite…
Special Senate Committee Debates School Finance
An averaging choice, district accountability concerns, and a decision to give full-ride scholarships to out-of-state students in Kansas public schools…
Kansas Tax Credit Scholarship Program Under Fire
A small scholarship program that allows some kids in failing schools to attend private schools is under fire in the…
Garden City Schools Reject Efficiency Recommendations
The Garden City School District could save between $1.1 million and $1.5 million annually with limited impact to students, a legislative…
Statistical Noise Crowds Kansas Tax Reform Study Findings
It’s almost a year old, but researchers posted to the Internet a study reviewing the impact of Kansas’s 2012 tax…
KPI Freedom Index Shows the Most Pro-Government Legislators to Be Republicans
Republicans hold the top and bottom slots in Kansas Policy Institute’s Freedom Index. Each year since 2012, KPI has rated…
Poll Shows Kansas Voters Prefer Low Taxes
Members of the Kansas Senate may be on the cusp of approving a measure that would raise taxes, despite a…