http://wichitaliberty.org/wichita-kansas-schools/extra-money-in-kansas-school-funds-could-help-with-budget/ Individual liberty, limited government, and free markets in Wichita and Kansas Fri, 18 May 2012 14:45:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://wichitaliberty.org/wichita-kansas-schools/extra-money-in-kansas-school-funds-could-help-with-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-61863 Benjamin Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:47:31 +0000 http://wichitaliberty.org/?p=7093#comment-61863 My kids will never step foot in those public piles of garbage. My kids will never step foot in those public piles of garbage.

]]> http://wichitaliberty.org/wichita-kansas-schools/extra-money-in-kansas-school-funds-could-help-with-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-61845 At House Appropriations, Chappell presents Kansas school funding ideas Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:30:54 +0000 http://wichitaliberty.org/?p=7093#comment-61845 [...] The issue of large unencumbered fund balances in Kansas school districts is starting to receive the attention it deserves, although school spending advocates are not pleased, with one Kansas state board of education member recently overhead saying “Please, lets stop talking about $1.3 billion in unencumbered funds.” (That’s last year’s number, as this year it has grown to $1.5 billion.) It’s uncontested, however, that these fund balances are growing, which is evidence that schools have been collecting more money than they have been spending. These balances are not spread uniformly across school districts, however. More information about this can be found at Extra money in Kansas school funds could help with budget. [...] [...] The issue of large unencumbered fund balances in Kansas school districts is starting to receive the attention it deserves, although school spending advocates are not pleased, with one Kansas state board of education member recently overhead saying “Please, lets stop talking about $1.3 billion in unencumbered funds.” (That’s last year’s number, as this year it has grown to $1.5 billion.) It’s uncontested, however, that these fund balances are growing, which is evidence that schools have been collecting more money than they have been spending. These balances are not spread uniformly across school districts, however. More information about this can be found at Extra money in Kansas school funds could help with budget. [...]

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