Tag: Schools for fair funding
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Some districts still pay dues to Schools for Fair Funding
More than four years after the Kansas Supreme Court compelled school funding to be increased by more than $1 billion,…
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School boards still diverting money to Schools for Fair Funding
Kansas school districts continue to pump money into Schools for Fair Funding, a coalition of school districts that successfully sued…
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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…
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Court rejects Kelly’s request to file school finance brief
The Kansas Supreme Court denied Gov. Laura Kelly’s request to file an amicus brief in the on-going school financing lawsuit…
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Plaintiffs to lawmakers: school funding increase falls short
Less than an hour after lawmakers adopted a school funding plan to add $90 million to public schools next year,…
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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…
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More money won’t end school funding litigation
Even if legislators give schools the extra $90 million per year that the Department of Education says is needed to…
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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.…
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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…