Tag: Kansas Legislature
Shocker! Kansas Supreme Court Rules Against Fired Teachers
In May 2015 teachers Sallie Scribner and Mark McNemee received notification from the Flinthills school district that their contracts would not…
Kansas GDP Falls, But Lawyers Want $1.5 Billion “More” For Schools
Forget the GDP–the half billion or so of newly committed money is apparently not money enough for the lawyers representing…
Tax Increase Coming to KS Individuals, Businesses If Legislature Does Nothing
Kansans will get a tax increase unless the Kansas House and Senate adopt legislation that mirrors federal tax reforms before…
KS House Spikes Budget Provision for Automatic Cuts If Court Demands More School Money
A budget provision to automatically reduce next year’s budget if the Kansas Supreme Court demands lawmakers add more money to schools…
Religious Freedom Opponents Fly in to Oppose Adoption Protection Act
The Human Rights Campaign flew its top leader to Kansas to advocate against an adoption bill that doesn’t change the…
Compressed Veto Session Means Lawmakers Can’t Override Colyer Veto
Kansas lawmakers ceded some of their authority when they scheduled Sine Die — of final adjournment. As they adopted a…
AFP-KS Plans Advocacy Day during ‘Sausage-Making’ Time
When lawmakers return to Topeka to wrap up the 2018 legislative session, they’ll be met by advocates for limited government and…
Would Online Sales Tax Collections Be a Savior of Kansas’ Budget?
Lawmakers are banking on the U.S. Supreme Court overturning a 1992 decision, known as Quill, that limits the ability of…
Colyer Calls on Legislature to Adopt Plan That May Require Tax Increase
Gov. Jeff Colyer is calling on lawmakers to adopt a Kansas House school financing plan that would add $500 million…
Senate, House to Work Out Details of School Finance Bills
After several Senators changed their votes and a call of the Kansas Senate was rescinded, 21 Senators voted passed a…
Colyer, Kobach Appear To Part Ways on School Finance Solution
In all but tone, there’s little daylight between the policy positions of Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer and Kansas Secretary of…
Tired of Appeasing the Beast, Kansas Senate Leaders Want to Take Away Its Power
For years now, legislators in the State of Kansas have been paying nervous tribute to the Kansas Supreme Court. Indeed,…
Tempers Flare in KS Legislature as Lawmakers Consider Constitutional Amendment for School Funding
Senate leadership announced they won’t schedule a debate on school finance until a constitutional amendment proposal moves through the House and…
Kansas Revenues Beat Expectations
Total tax receipts at the end of March topped expectations. State revenue for the fiscal year reached $4.8 billion, or…
Lawmakers Forward $500M Education Plan Likely To Require Tax Increases
A committee of lawmakers forwarded a proposal that would increase school funding by about $500 million over the next 5…
Kansas Bill Would Hold Schools Responsible For NOT Arming Teachers
As reported by CNN, a newly introduced bill in the Kansas House would not just encourage school districts to arm…
Lawmaker: When Is the Day We Can Discuss Medicaid Expansion?
Democrats in the Kansas House attempted for the fourth time this year to attach a Medicaid expansion to other legislation…
Measure to Decriminalize CBD Oil Users Advances in Kansas House
An amendment to legalize medical marijuana failed in the Kansas House yesterday, but lawmakers forwarded for passage the underlying legislation…
Colyer Provides Outline for Acceptable School Funding Solution
Gov. Jeff Colyer hasn’t formally issued a statement on how he would like to see lawmakers deal with what could become a…
Will K-State, UMSL Mobilize To Protest Male-On-Male Rape?
There have been various marches and meetings on area campuses this year protesting rape and lesser varieties of sexual offense.…
Education Study a ‘$200K Birdcage Liner’, Lawmaker Says
Lawmakers are balking at an education study that recommends spending up to an additional $1.77 billion on school funding. Lori…
House Slams Brakes on Banking Bill as Medicaid Expansion Vehicle
Kansas House Minority Leader Jim Ward tried to slip amendments related to Medicaid into legislation dealing with banks yesterday. The…
Education Finance Researchers Brief KS Lawmakers on Their Efforts
Lori L. Taylor, a Texas A&M professor, is set to deliver an educational cost function analysis to state lawmakers on…
Kansas Senate Committee Advances “Campus Free Speech Protection Act”
On a voice vote Monday the Federal and State Affairs Committee of the Kansas Senate passed out of committee a…