School Finance

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Key players
  • The 2007 legislative session will chug along with shifting alliances on issue after issue. Here are some of the heavy hitters who will be driving the train.
Keeping track
  • www.kansas.gov The general state of Kansas Web site with links to state agencies and numerous other resources.
  • www.kslegislature.org The Legislature’s Web site. You can look up bills, track their progress and get committee information. You can also find out who your legislator is and how to get in touch with him or her.
  • www.kslib.info The Kansas State Library Web site that has links to governmental Web sites that cover just about every issue in the public domain.
  • To check on a bill or leave a message for a legislator by telephone, call the Legislative Hotline at 1-800-432-3924.
District to minimize potential tax increase
By George Diepenbrock
July 10, 2008
Lawrence schools Superintendent Randy Weseman said Wednesday that it would take a 2-mill increase to maintain existing services for next year. But he has asked staff members to prepare scenarios to tighten budgets that don’t directly affect classroom instruction because school board members have indicated they want anywhere from a flat mill levy to a 0.8 mill increase.
Schools feel the squeeze
Fuel and food prices taking toll
By George Diepenbrock
July 9, 2008
Gasoline and food prices are draining households of cash. Now, imagine if you had to feed and transport thousands of children each day. That’s what area school districts face as they prepare for students’ return to school next month. Superintendents and school boards are crafting budgets — and trying to determine how to find money to handle fuel and food costs.
Federal grant nets schools $750,000
By David Oakes - doakes@theworldco.info
July 3, 2008
A community effort paid off for Eudora schools when the district received word Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Education had awarded it a four-year $750,000 grant to promote healthy living.
Audit reveals school district spending on instruction, teacher salaries rises
By Scott Rothschild
June 19, 2008
More than 70 percent of increased spending by school districts in recent years went toward student instruction, a new audit says. The audit was done at the request of lawmakers who asked how school districts spent funding increases that were approved by the Legislature after 2005, when the Kansas Supreme Court ordered more dollars for schools.
Reminder: Few polling sites changed for Tuesday’s election
By George Diepenbrock
March 31, 2008
Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew has consolidated a few polling sites for Tuesday’s special Lawrence school district local-option budget election. The voters should have been notified in February by the clerk's office.
3 school finance proposals fail, creating uncertainty
Associated Press
March 1, 2008
Three school finance proposals failed in the House in two days, raising uncertainty about where members stand on education funding issues.
Community colleges shift focus to helping students move on, not just letting them in
By Justin Pope - Associated Press Writer
February 13, 2008
As elite universities debate Congress over how much of their multi-billion-dollar endowments to spend, a new report argues that higher education’s heavy-lifters — community colleges — need both more money and better results.
City’s Google guru to browse for school funds
LHS, KU grad to speak at Holidome
By George Diepenbrock
January 27, 2008
He’s known for helping put Lawrence at the center of the Google Earth program. Later this year, Lawrence High School and Kansas University graduate Brian McClendon will be the center of the largest fundraiser for the Lawrence Schools Foundation.
Lawmaker wants endowments to invest funds
By Jonathan Kealing
January 26, 2008
As the Kansas Legislature looks for ways to bulk up funding to state universities, a legislator from Lansing is touting an idea: Get help from the endowments. But rather than force them to spend more, State Rep. Kenny Wilk would like to let the endowment associations at the six state universities manage the cash that flows from the state to the colleges.
School board may request election
$680K could be raised by increasing local option budget
By George Diepenbrock
January 26, 2008
Signs point to an election probably in April for Lawrence school district voters to decide whether to give board members an extra $680,000 to spend. “I don’t like the idea of raising taxes. I pay them, too,” school board member John Mitchell said. “But the way state finance for public education works, there’s just really very little that our district can do other than to look at that option seriously.”
School board eyes tax increase
By George Diepenbrock
January 15, 2008
An election may be on the horizon this spring for Lawrence voters. Lawrence school board members on Monday night explored asking for a property tax increase that would generate an estimated $680,000 that could fund raises for teachers and help to provide mental health services.

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