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by Scott Rothschild
December 10, 2012 at 10:46 a.m.
Brownback's task force on school efficiency meeting for probably the last time
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A controversial task force that Gov. Sam Brownback appointed to study public school spending is holding its third and probably final meeting today.
The Governor's School Efficiency Task Force was initially under fire because it was dominated by accountants and no one on it was an educator or worked in a school. Brownback also established a website where people could make anonymous reports of their experiences with inefficient spending in the educational system.
Democrats and education groups said the task force was set up to attack public schools. In the task force's first meeting on Oct. 8, it heard from the Kansas Policy Institute, which has been a critic of how schools spend money.
In setting up the task force, the governor's office said that only 15 of the state's 286 school districts complied with a state law that requires at least 65 percent of state funds be spent in the classroom. But there is no such legal requirement, and school officials released a report that showed based on state funding, all school districts were surpassing the 65 percent level.
The task force is expected to make recommendations to Brownback soon.
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LarryNative 5 months, 1 week ago
I'm all for a task force auditing any govt institution spending, the numbers don't add up.
chootspa 5 months, 1 week ago
I think we should audit comma splices.
Hepburn 5 months, 1 week ago
This Task Force was a waste of time and a political stunt. Creation of this commission was unnecessary, a waste of funds and should be investigated for waste created by Brownback.
chootspa 5 months, 1 week ago
Nothing like a little kabuki theater at taxpayer and school children's expense.
question4u 5 months, 1 week ago
The governor's office referred to a state law that doesn't exist, and initially no one who had worked in a school was appointed to the task force. We know about these incredible blunders. What other major flaws are there that make this task force laughable?
Is this the best that our state leadership can do? At what point will people begin to demand competency?
verity 5 months, 1 week ago
Oh, goody gumdrops! Education in Kansas is going to be fixed!
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