Kansas
News, analysis, and opinion about K-12 education in Kansas
Every Student Succeeds Act
Betsy DeVos' Team Asks Seven States for More ESSA Specifics
Alabama, Alaska, Kansas, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming are the latest states to receive feedback on their plans for implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Education
Tax-Averse Legislators in Kansas, Oklahoma Scramble for Education Dollars
Amid severe budget shortfalls, Republican leaders in Kansas and Oklahoma said in recent days that they refuse to raise taxes despite severe implications for those states' public schools.
Law & Courts
Ruling Sends Kansas Back to Square One on K-12 Funding
The ruling striking down the state's school aid formula reignites years of fighting over how to assure an 'adequate' and 'equitable' public education.
Education
Irritated Kansas Legislators Head Back to Drawing Board on School Funding
Monday's decision extends for another year a decades-long battle over school funding in the ultra-conservative state and further sours a relationship between the lawmakers and the judicial branch.
Education
Kansas Supreme Court Strikes Down State's Latest K-12 Funding Formula
The state's highest court said a proposed new funding formula failed to meet the Kansas constitution's mandate that public schools provide an adequate and equitable education.
Law & Courts
K-12 Budget Woes Bedevil States as School Year Hits Full Swing
In states including Connecticut and Wisconsin, fiscal bickering among state officials continues, putting local districts on edge.
Education
Kansas High Court Judges Skeptical of New Funding Formula
Kansas' supreme court judges will decide in the coming weeks whether the state legislature's new funding formula provides enough money to help more of its public students meet basic academic standards.
Law & Courts
What Kansas' New School Funding Formula Means for School Accountability
If the new funding formula passes muster with the state's supreme court, Kansas schools will soon get $285 million more in state aid, but with new strings attached.
Law & Courts
Kansans Brace for Judges' July 18 Hearing on New School Funding Formula
The new formula hammered out by the legislature in its recently concluded session increases school spending by $285 million in the next two years in order to assure all students to meet basic state standards.
Education Funding
Closing Acts Near in a Pair of K-12 Funding Dramas
It looks like the long-running and contentious legal fights over school financing in Kansas and in Washington state are coming to a head.
Education
Kansas Gov. to Veto Tax Hike That Would Pump More Money Into K-12
The tax hike would in part fund a bill overhauling the state K-12 funding formula, which would help the state answer a Kansas supreme court ruling on school finance.
Education
Kansas Legislators Told to Lower School Funding Expectations
The legislature is at odds over how much more to distribute to its financially and academically struggling public school system to satisfy a state supreme court ruling.
Education
K-12 Spending Gets Caught in States' Budget Fights
School spending moved to the center of budget fights this week in Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Ohio and other states. Several states face revenue shortfalls this year and must either raise taxes or cut spending.
Education
Kansas and Washington Lumber Toward School Funding Fixes
Legislatures in Washington resort to special sessions in an effort to satisfy court rulings striking down their K-12 funding systems.