- Baldwin High’s culinary arts program at risk under proposal
- February 6, 2012
- Baldwin High School’s culinary arts program is popular, successful and may not be around much longer.
- Differences arise between legislators over school finance, voter registration
- February 4, 2012
- Douglas County legislators differed sharply over school finance, taxes, concealed carry and election law Saturday, mirroring the contentious debates dominating the 2012 legislative session.
- Bi-partisan discomfort with Brownback’s school finance plan expressed
- January 11, 2012
- Education Board member Ken Willard, a Republican from Hutchinson, who supports Brownback’s school funding proposal, pushed for approval of a motion that applauded the governor’s efforts.
- Kansas Democrats offer school finance plan
- 11:32 a.m., January 10, 2012 Updated 04:53 p.m.
- Democrats are suggesting legislators use some of the state’s expected revenue surplus to restore cuts to Kansas public schools.
- Brownback faces doubt about public education funding plan
- December 18, 2011
- Gov. Sam Brownback says his education funding plan will end lawsuits over how Kansas finances its public schools, but some educators and legislators doubt his changes would survive a court challenge.
- Brownback unveils new school finance plan, focuses on local property taxes
- 09:02 a.m., December 14, 2011 Updated 12:57 p.m.
- “Our proposal is a modern formula that will provide districts the flexibility that is necessary to meet today’s challenges, prepare tomorrow’s opportunities, and excel in education,” Brownback said.
- Brownback says he will push for reducing state personal income tax rate
- 12:20 p.m., December 13, 2011 Updated 04:04 p.m.
- Brownback warned that the state budget would suffer from a “federal storm” of budget cuts. Whoever the next president is, he said, “is going to cut.”
- Brownback’s school funding plan will allow for more tax leeway
- December 7, 2011
- Gov. Sam Brownback’s point man on school finance said Wednesday that the governor’s proposal to overhaul school funding will not force local districts to raise taxes but will give them greater ability to do so.
- Kennedy School representative on school consolidation: ‘Pick us’
- 01:02 a.m., December 6, 2011 Updated 09:25 a.m.
- As representatives from three schools targeted for potential consolidation pointed out the strengths of their school’s programs, advisability of their locations and community strengths of their programs — all with an eye toward justifying each school’s very survival — Dawn Shew wasn’t having any of it.
- Kansans support current tax rates, more school funding, according to survey
- December 2, 2011
- More respondents favored keeping income, sales and property taxes at their current rates. But when asked about preferences for changing taxes for various earner categories, respondents were most likely to favor increasing taxes on large corporations (63 percent) and high income earners (58 percent).
- Opponents on Kansas school finance to speak at forum in Baldwin City
- November 29, 2011
- A forum on school finance — featuring speakers on opposite ends of the issue — will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Baldwin City High School.
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