Tag: Kansas Policy Institute
School Districts Sitting on Record Amounts of Cash Reserves
Kansas school districts are sitting on record reserves. According to the Kansas State Department of Education, public schools are sitting…
College Readiness Scores Stagnant; Former Rep. Calls Information “Inaccurate”
The Kansas Department of Education released state assessment scores last week and the results weren’t good. They showed that only…
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…
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.…
Eagle Definitions: ‘Centrist’ Equals Anti-Freedom; ‘Success’ Equals Tax Hike
The Mainstream Coalition, an anti-religion organization, is calling the largest tax hike in Kansas state history “a success,” according to…
One KS Dem Scored Freedom Index Positive
One Democrat earned a positive score on Kansas Policy Institute’s Freedom Index. Rep. Broderick Henderson of Kansas City, Kansas, earned…
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.…
Lawmakers Expand School Choice Program
Kansas lawmakers expanded a small school choice program as part of the new school finance formula. Gov. Sam Brownback signed…
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…
KJI to Assist Citizens in School Funding, Other Liberty Issues
The Kansas Justice Institute, or KJI, will assist citizens in litigating property tax issues, private property issues and civil asset forfeiture,…
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…
New Business Continues to Grow in Kansas
There is not much positive effect a state tax policy can have on industries like agriculture and energy, the two…
Media Bias: A Tale of 2 Polls
Kansas media widely covered a public opinion poll showing a majority of respondents supported budget-neutral expansion of Medicaid, or KanCare, but media…
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…
Trouble Retaining Teachers? Not Exactly
Democratic state Reps. Jerry Stodgill, Prairie Village, and Steven Crum, Haysville, introduced a bill to restore mandatory so-called due process, or…