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Tag: Walt Chappell

  • Kansas school spending advocates: no alternative views welcome

    On Monday and Tuesday, the Kansas House Appropriations Committee held hearings, and big topics were Kansas school funding and the Kansas budget. The reaction by school spending advocates to two speakers is illustrative of the highly divisive nature of public school operation and funding in Kansas.

  • At House Appropriations, Chappell presents Kansas school funding ideas

    Topeka, Kansas — At today’s meeting of the Kansas House Appropriations Committee, Walt Chappell presented ideas on increasing efficiency and reducing cost in Kansas schools.

  • Kansas open records examined

    Government transparency in Kansas is determined largely by open records and open meetings laws which state lofty goals but offer many loopholes and exemptions and few penalties for violations of the laws. The Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) starts off well. “It is declared to be the public policy of the state that public records…

  • Lack of data, oversight raises questions on Kansas school spending

    In the following report, investigative reporter Paul Soutar of the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy takes a look at school spending in Kansas. Particularly troubling is the decision to abandon an audit already in progress. A recent decision by the 2010 Commission to not complete an efficiency audit of K-12 schools in Kansas may…