Comments on: What’s missing from the Dennis editorial on Kansas school funds

By: KNEA, Kansas teachers union, makes endorsements

KNEA, Kansas teachers union, makes endorsements — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:12:29 +0000

[...] all alternative solutions are opposed with campaigns of misinformation. For example, a public policy institute found that schools have money socked away in various funds [...]

By: Wichita legislative forum highlights differences in approach to government spending

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:36:53 +0000

[...] The school spending lobby, hungry for more tax dollars, refuses to acknowledge simple facts. The existence of the unspent fund balances is vigorously disputed, even though Kansas Deputy Education Commissioner Dale Dennis has said that schools can use these funds if they want. This is contrary to school spending advocate and Kansas school board member David Dennis in his flawed Wichita Eagle op-ed. [...]

By: Missing from Kansas school financing debate

Missing from Kansas school financing debate — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:41:59 +0000

[...] true. But this argument, just like a faulty op-ed written by Kansas school board member David Dennis, says nothing about whether the balances in these funds are too high, too low, or just [...]

By: For Kansas teachers union, fund balances are an illusion, not a solution

For Kansas teachers union, fund balances are an illusion, not a solution — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:34:33 +0000

[...] true. But this argument, just like a faulty op-ed written by Kansas school board member David Dennis, says nothing about whether the balances in these funds is too high, too low, or just [...]

By: Bob Wine

Bob Wine — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:51:03 +0000

I appreciate your article and would suggest that your point also shows how wrong the Kansas Supreme Court was in their decission. If the state and only they state funded schools and our children, then they might have some argument but that is not the case. I believe the state has made suitable provision and it is the community (district) that must deliver the balance of funding and other services as that community determines is appropriate not the courts.