Tag: Kansas school funding
School districts demand $270 million more than Gov. Kelly proposes
Governor Laura Kelly and the Department of Education say about $90 million more is needed to comply with the Supreme…
Kansas House Majority Leader: State “Just Robbing” Taxpayers
Apparently no one told the new House Majority Leader, Dan Hawkins, a Wichita Republican, that a blue wave had transformed Kansas…
When Schools Are Ranked By Debt And Spending, Kansas Kicks Butt
If schools were ranked by debt and other financial measurements rather than achievement, Kansas would be a national leader in…
KPI Honors 4 Topeka Schools For Improved Performance
The Kansas Policy Institute (KPI) does not award participation trophies. So parents at those four Topeka public schools that had…
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…
AG’s Office: State Law Does Not Allow KSDE to Set Minimum Transportation Funding
State law doesn’t allow the Kansas State Department of Education to allocate a minimum amount of funding for transportation, Kansas…
Former Brownback Allies Torch His Proposal for Education Funding
Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposal to inject $600 million of new funding into schools isn’t sitting well with many, including Republican…
Read Their Lips: No Tax Increase in Kansas
Leaders in both the Kansas House and Kansas Senate say increasing taxes to pay a Kansas Supreme Court-imposed ransom to…
Senator Announces Plan to Push for Changes to KS Constitution
State Sen. Dennis Pyle, a Hiawatha Republican, will introduce a Constitutional amendment to prevent the Kansas Supreme Court from closing schools. The…
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.…
Breaking: Senate Passes School Funding Bill
The Kansas Senate passed school finance legislation similar House school finance legislation that will increase school funding by $230 million…
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…
Newton Kansan Warns Schools May Close
The Newton Kansan warns readers schools will close unless lawmakers pony up more than $750 million in less than five…
Lansing Student May Miss Graduation over iPad Screen
Andrew Rogers missed his senior prom, and his mother believes a politically-motivated stalemate with school administrators may cost him the…
New School Formula Looking More Like Old Formula
Second verse, same as the first. The Kansas House K-12 Budget Committee worked more than eight hours yesterday, attempting to…
Schools Spent More Than $5M on Lobbying, Legal Fees
Kansas public school districts spent more than $5 million in lobbying and lawsuit funding between 2010 and 2016. That’s the equivalent of…
Brownback Hints at School Choice Solution
Gov. Sam Brownback agrees with the Kansas Supreme Court, he said in a statement issued March 1. The Supreme Court…