Tag: Molly Baumgardner
2019 state assessment: stagnant, disturbingly low achievement in Kansas schools
Nearly two-thirds of Kansas fourth-graders and 75% of Kansas 10th graders tested below grade level or needing remedial training in…
KASB lays groundwork for more school funding
The Kansas Association of School Board’s advocacy director Mark Tallman is laying the groundwork for seeking more school funding from…
Legislators to attempt override of Kelly vetoes on final day
Kansas Majority Leader Dan Hawkins has spoken to every single Republican House member leading up to the legislature’s final day…
SFFF diverts $8.4 million from classrooms to pay lawyers
Kansas public school districts have paid more than $8.4 million in membership fees to Schools for Fair Funding (SFFF), an…
Media bias – shaping news to fit an agenda
Media bias takes many forms, as demonstrated in a recent story that ran in the Kansas City Star and Wichita…
Commerce committee rejects David Toland nomination
A Senate Commerce committee is recommending that the Senate reject Gov. Laura Kelly’s nominee for Secretary of Commerce. A divided…
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…
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After several Senators changed their votes and a call of the Kansas Senate was rescinded, 21 Senators voted passed a…
Study Recommendation: Enormous Piles of Fresh Cash for Public Schools
Lawmakers got a preview of an education finance study commissioned to assist them in drafting a new school funding mechanism.…
Absentee, Party-Switcher Sen. Doll Escapes Consequences
Sen. John Doll announced he would be leaving the Kansas Republican Party on March 6, and then he promptly stopped showing…
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…
Bollier “Horrified” by Senate Delay on Gun Legislation She Would Change
A gun proposal supported by the National Rifle Association and Moms Demand Action is stalled in the Senate. Senate Majority…
Conference Committee To Hash Out School Funding Legislation
A conference committee will hash out the differences between Kansas House and Senate school funding legislation. There will not be…
School Funding Formula May Fund All-Day Kindergarten
A Kansas House committee spent hours crafting legislation that adds $750 million in new funding for schools over the next…
Senate Committee to Examine School Funding Announced
Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle appointed a select committee to examine education funding, following a Kansas Supreme Court decision that…
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…
Kansas Legislators Speak at Chamber Breakfast
Four legislators say their no votes on tax increase legislation are solid. Kansas. Sen. Molly Baumgardner of Louisburg, Sen. Caryn…