Tagged: Kansas school finance

Testimony in the Kansas school finance trial will draw to a close today as lawyers in the case call their final witnesses.

The trial in the ongoing school finance lawsuit is continuing this week, with a leading member of the Kansas Senate testifying on behalf of the plaintiffs.

A top official at the Kansas State Department of Education says recent budget cuts have pushed some school districts to the brink of insolvency.

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The trial resumes today in the school finance lawsuit where 54 school districts are claiming the state of Kansas is under-funding public education.

An expert witness in the ongoing school finance trial says Kansas is under-funding public schools by thousands of dollars per pupil each year. 

Judges in the Kansas school finance lawsuit are being asked to decide how much responsibility the state has in making sure all children have the same chance at a quality education.

Kansas school districts are digesting a sweeping school finance plan proposed today by Governor Sam Brownback.

He promises no district will lose state funds via the proposal, which is designed to give local boards a freer hand in spending. It would also allow districts to raise property taxes.

The property tax cap, set by state law, would be removed under the Brownback plan, which would go into effect in July 2013. President of the Shawnee Mission School Board Craig Denny was struck by that and another provision.