Tag: Kansas state government
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Kansas school claims, numbers don’t match
Kansas school spending advocates make claims of exploding class sizes that aren’t reflected in enrollment and employment data
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Welcome back, Gidget
Gidget stepped away for a few months, but happily she is back writing about Kansas politics at Kansas GOP Insider (wannabe).
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Quarterly state GDP data released
A new series of GDP data shows government growing faster in Kansas than in most states, with private sector growth near the middle of the states.
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SEC orders Kansas to stop doing what it did under Sebelius and Parkinson
The Securities and Exchange Commission found that Kansas mislead bond investors. It ordered the state to implement reforms, which it has.
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What is truth on education finance in Kansas?
One must wonder how much of Kansas’ and the nation’s student achievement woes are attributable to political self-interest and putting a higher priority on institutions than on the needs of individual students, writes Dave Trabert of Kansas Policy Institute.
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Kansas base state aid is only a part of spending
Using base state aid per pupil as the only measure of school funding leads to an incomplete understanding of school spending in Kansas.
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What incentives can Wichita offer?
Wichita government leaders complain that Wichita can’t compete in economic development with other cities and states because the budget for incentives is too small. But when making this argument, these officials don’t include all incentives that are available.
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Kansas school finance formula explained
The updated version of the formula that will be used by the Kansas State Department of Education to determine student weighting in the coming school year is presented below.
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Kansas state government spending
Click here to use this interactive visualization. Source is Kansas Fiscal Facts.