Tag: Kansas Supreme Court
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Clock Ticks as Court Watchers Await Dismemberment Abortion Ban Ruling
The Kansas Supreme Court typically issues rulings within a year of hearing oral arguments, but court watchers have been waiting…
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Education Debate Whiplash: Constitutional Amendment Stalled, Funding Debate Next
The Kansas Senate is expected to take up debate on an education spending bill at some point today. That’s despite…
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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…
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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…
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New Spending Should Help Schools, But There’s No Guarantee, Researcher Tells Lawmakers
Jesse Levin, a researcher at the American Institutes for Research, told legislators on Thursday that an education study they commissioned…
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What Media Aren’t Saying About Garden City Bomb Plot
“The plot to bomb an apartment complex housing Somali immigrants in western Kansas was just the beginning of a plan…
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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…
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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…
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Denning: ‘We Did Our Work on Schools Last Year’
The Kansas Legislature will have a solution for school funding by April, Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning told the Sunflower…
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Teacher Effectiveness, Not Funding Amounts, Most Critical to Kansas Schools
Eric Hanushek doesn’t buy the conventional wisdom on education. Spending more doesn’t equal better outcomes, smaller class size doesn’t mean…
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Legislative Leaders Show Some School Finance Cards at Party Meeting
Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning and House Speaker Ron Ryckman didn’t make any pledges, but they gave attendees an idea…
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Kansas Republican Bigs Back Constitutional Amendment on Abortion
Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer and all five members of the Republican congressional delegation present in Wichita at a Kansans for…
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Colyer Inaugurated in “New Day” for Kansas
Kansans welcomed with fanfare the swearing-in of Gov. Jeff Colyer yesterday. Flags lined the grounds of the state Capitol and an…
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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…
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Legislators Have Duty to Resist Judicial Encroachment, KS Supreme Court Says
According to a 2015 Kansas Supreme Court decision, lawmakers have an obligation to oppose judicial overreach. In the ruling, Justice…
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KS Chief Judge to Give State of the Judiciary Address Wednesday
Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss will address the Kansas Legislature on Wednesday afternoon. He’ll give the State of…
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Governor, Senate President Fight Battle of Press Releases
Gov. Sam Brownback and Senate President Susan Wagle, both Republicans, aren’t pulling any punches in dueling press releases. Brownback issued…
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Kansas Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion Expected Soon
The Kansas Supreme Court may soon issue a ruling on whether the 1859 Kansas Constitution allows lawmakers to ban any…
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Schmidt Urges Discussion on ‘Citizen’s Veto’ for School Financing
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt believes the people should have an opportunity to weigh in on the school financing war…
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Interim Committee Talks Tax Increases, Budget Cuts to Inject Money into Schools
Rep. Anthony Hensley said the legislature would have an additional $565 million in funding if property owners had been paying…
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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…