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School Funding
Enrollment decline + more staff = budget deficits
June 24, 2024
K-12 operating cash reserves hit $1.25 billion
November 30, 2023
Flawed formula overfunded special education by at least $323 million the last five years
February 13, 2023
Disappointing, but not surprising, low scores on the 2022 state assessment
October 12, 2022
School districts (again) rake in millions for non-existent students
January 2, 2022
Kansas is #38 in bang for the educational buck
June 2, 2021
No, KSBOE, Kansas doesn’t ‘lead the world’ in education
March 3, 2021
2021 Legislator Briefing Book also has good value for taxpayers
January 14, 2021
Student weightings add over $1.4 billion in education expenditures
November 4, 2020
KSDE: per-pupil funding estimated at $16,216 this year
October 30, 2020
Education finance formula provides hundreds of millions for non-existent students
October 15, 2020
COVID-related reduction in student enrollment will not impact school financing
September 28, 2020
Public education a recession-proof industry
August 30, 2020
As COVID-19 triggers financial hardship, Gov. Kelly spares government the pain
July 2, 2020
Kelly’s K-12 budget plan favors government over taxpayers
June 26, 2020
Kansas #6 in state aid but #36 in achievement productivity
May 27, 2020
Education shouldn’t be exempt from COVID budget cuts
May 5, 2020
2020 K-12 Fact Book
April 22, 2020
Building-level spending disproves ‘spending drives achievement’ theory
January 26, 2020
School debt sets new records in Kansas
December 2, 2019
K-12 Instruction spending allocation hits new low
October 10, 2019
KSDE: school funding will be $15,105 per pupil this year
September 18, 2019
KASB misleads again in pursuit of more school funding
July 19, 2019
School funding decision doesn’t end litigation
June 17, 2019
KS has 15th highest state aid per-student, moving toward top ten
May 30, 2019
Busting the Kansas PTA MythBusters
March 26, 2019
Is more money helping Kansas students?
March 7, 2019
Solving the Kansas Budget Crisis
March 7, 2019
Reports of Budget Surplus Ignore Imbalance
November 15, 2018
Per-Pupil funding tops $14,000 in Kansas
November 9, 2018
Schools misinterpret ‘efficiency’ in WestEd study
November 1, 2018
KC Star made false accusations about school funding
October 26, 2018
Kansas Freedom Index provides legislative transparency
October 22, 2018
Considering a constitutional amendment on school funding
October 15, 2018
Barely half of 2018 school spending went to instruction
October 15, 2018
Improving Low Student Achievement Levels
September 24, 2018
School funding sets new record at $13,620 per-pupil
September 21, 2018
School cash reserves set new record at $952 million
September 18, 2018
KPI publishes 2018 Voter Issue Guide
September 10, 2018
2018 Voter Issue Guide
September 10, 2018
Payroll jumps in Shawnee Mission but not for teachers
August 22, 2018
USD 500 Kansas City shortchanges teachers (again)
August 16, 2018
Educators mislead Civil Rights Commission
August 10, 2018
Kansas school boards skimp on teacher pay
August 8, 2018
Olathe school administrators’ big pay hike won’t help students
July 26, 2018
Gannon VI demand for school funding is off base
July 23, 2018
Courts, many elected officials ignore purpose of school funding
July 23, 2018
Kansas Supreme Court teetering on tyranny
May 31, 2018
“Cost” Functions Should Not Be Used to Make Education Spending Decisions
May 18, 2018
Disconnected players lead to education funding mess
April 26, 2018
School funding plan requires big tax hike
April 5, 2018
Kansas school funding study cuts rural schools
April 4, 2018
What’s in the House school funding plan?
March 31, 2018
School funding is adequate for 92% graduation rate
March 26, 2018
School lobby pushes money correlation myth
March 24, 2018
KNEA deceives teachers on school efficiency
March 20, 2018
WestEd cost study has media pushing huge tax hikes
March 17, 2018
How money is spent, not how much, is key in K-12 spending, Hanushek tells Kansans
March 1, 2018
KASB School Funding Statement Misses Important Perspective
February 14, 2018
School District Debt Exceeds $6 Billion
February 9, 2018
Court: Legislature Should Resist Separation of Powers Violation
January 12, 2018
2018 State of the State Fails Students
January 10, 2018
Student Achievement Key to Future of Kansas, Not Money
January 2, 2018
Kansans Want Schools Held Accountable
December 4, 2017
School Cash Reserves Nearly Triple State Budget Requirement
November 27, 2017
Court’s Gannon Ruling Won’t Help Kids
November 16, 2017
Kansas School Spending Hits $13,647 Per Pupil For 2018
November 8, 2017
Kansas School Funding Set New Records in 2017
November 6, 2017
School Districts Plan Large Spending Increases
October 30, 2017
A Student-Focused Response to the Kansas Supreme Court
October 26, 2017
School District Cash Reserves at Record Highs
October 21, 2017
PBS Ruckus: KPI President Dave Trabert Proposes Student-focused Response to Supreme Court Ruling on School Funding.
October 16, 2017
Audio: Dave Trabert on Kansas Supreme Court Gannon Ruling
October 13, 2017
School Funding Ruling May Cause Devastating Tax Hikes
October 5, 2017
School Lawsuits: Over $7 Million Diverted from Classrooms to Lawyers
September 26, 2017
New education funding targeted toward teacher compensation, not student outcomes
September 22, 2017
Blue Valley School District Distorts Spending Facts
September 21, 2017
School administrators in Kansas got large pay hikes last year
August 22, 2017
Pay Hikes at Johnson County Community College
August 16, 2017
Kansas City School District Boosts Pay but Not for Teachers
August 15, 2017
Good News in Kansas City Star
July 26, 2017
Defending the indefensible – Supreme Court holds oral arguments on new education funding bill
July 21, 2017
Schools Defend Massive Income Tax Hike
July 12, 2017
Kansas Schools Petulantly Demand $972 Million More
July 2, 2017
Kansas Ranked 6th for State School Funding
June 25, 2017
The new school funding formula (SB 19) ensures another lawsuit
June 15, 2017
New school finance law will do nothing to improve outcomes of at-risk students
June 12, 2017
New School Funding Formula is Bad for Students and Citizens
June 9, 2017
Education funding bill overspends, fails to hold schools accountable
June 8, 2017
School Debt Sets New Record at $5.56 Billion
June 3, 2017
Math error could cost taxpayers $83 million per year
May 23, 2017
A tax on your income tax?
May 10, 2017
Legislature may need course correction on K-12 education funding bill
April 11, 2017
KASB Funding Proposal Ignores Legal Test of Adequacy
April 7, 2017
Mike O’Neal speaks out on the Gannon decision
April 6, 2017
False claims on Kansas school funding
March 9, 2017
New school funding formula required by Court
March 6, 2017
At-risk overhaul needed in education finance law
February 20, 2017
New school funding formula would cost $965 million
February 16, 2017
Kansans want school funding formula to hold districts accountable
February 13, 2017
2017 Public Education Fact Book
February 6, 2017
Most Kansas legislators won’t declare their principles
January 30, 2017
School funding formula must start from scratch
January 4, 2017
KC Star scores media bias trifecta
January 3, 2017
Legislative leadership moving Left in Kansas
December 6, 2016
Education spending and KASB’s government entitlement mentality: Part 4
December 2, 2016
Public education funding and a government entitlement mentality – Part 3
December 1, 2016
Media’s hypocritical tizzy over fake news
November 29, 2016
Government’s Entitlement Mentality – Part 2
November 29, 2016
Oral arguments in Gannon – a case of the misguided, misinformed and a missed opportunity
November 10, 2016
KMBC-TV perpetuates false school funding claim
September 26, 2016
Supreme Court Should Dismiss Gannon for Lack of Rose Measurement and False Spending Premise – Policy Brief
September 20, 2016
KASB, school lawyers ignore reality in naked money grab
September 1, 2016
Proposed $900 million K-12 funding increase displays State Board’s disconnection and dysfunction
August 2, 2016
Sometimes, media is wrong without knowing it
July 22, 2016
Public radio distorts school funding proposal, covers for Senator’s false claim
July 13, 2016
Senator Kelly misleads on school property taxes
July 13, 2016
Amend the Constitution to protect students
June 20, 2016
Rethinking Education Tomorrow
June 15, 2016
Gannon school funding litigation – a summary of decisions and KPI responses
June 13, 2016
Don’t let the courts close schools
June 4, 2016
Supreme Court contradicts itself, defies constitution in equity ruling
May 31, 2016
Maybe it’s time Kansas tells the feds they can keep their money and not “yield to blackmail.”
May 24, 2016
State school board member should practice what he preaches
May 11, 2016
After further review – statements in KCEG report are overturned
April 18, 2016
Once again the Kansas Center for Economic Growth makes another pitch for more taxes and spending on education
April 8, 2016
KNEA proposes $1.88 billion school funding reduction
April 1, 2016
An Open Letter to Teachers Regarding the Proposed School Funding Law
April 1, 2016
Teacher’s Guide to Education Funding
April 1, 2016
Kansas Legislature introduces transformative new school funding system
March 29, 2016
Lawrence school board member makes many false claims in angry rant
March 24, 2016
Life of the Law podcast – yet another uninformed, stilted comment on the Kansas education funding fiasco
March 22, 2016
Press Release: New Poll: Taxpayers demand efficiency in schools, oppose new taxes for schools funding
March 22, 2016
Kansans want efficiency, no new taxes for schools
March 20, 2016
Docking survey produces misleading sentiment on school funding
March 1, 2016
Guest Post: Gannon Implications
February 15, 2016
Supreme Court ruling on equity creates challenges and opportunity
February 12, 2016
Press Release: Statement on Supreme Court School Finance Equity Ruling
February 11, 2016
Pay raises to superintendents and principals far outpace those to teachers
February 11, 2016
KASB says there is no causal relationship between money and outcomes, so why keep bringing it up?
December 7, 2015
School funding increased by $104 million but districts cut $14 million from Instruction
October 27, 2015
At-risk funding misses target of putting students first
October 12, 2015
KC Star repeats bogus claim on school funding
September 21, 2015
KCEG abuses the truth on school funding…again.
September 17, 2015
Extraordinary Needs funding is in addition to block grants
September 2, 2015
Extraordinary needs…or wants?
August 24, 2015
Debunking the “Great Kansas Teacher Exodus” Myth
August 19, 2015
School funding decision ignores facts and the Supreme Court
July 9, 2015
2015 Legislative Wrap-up
June 22, 2015
Lyon County schools to see overall increase in state aid under block grants
June 19, 2015
USD 437 LOB election raises more questions than provides answers
June 11, 2015
USD 500 Kansas City misleads on school funding and budget claims
June 4, 2015
Proposed Lawrence USD 497 budget cuts: “It just don’t add up!”
June 1, 2015
David Dorsey Talks About At-Risk Funding
May 18, 2015
The political and judicial impact of at-risk funding in Kansas – at-risk funding part 3
May 14, 2015
KSDE confirms that state aid to schools is increasing this year
May 13, 2015
State aid to Saline, Ottawa and McPherson counties to increase under block grants
April 15, 2015
Media is snowblind to school “budget cuts” and scheduling realities
April 14, 2015
State aid to Finney and Ford County schools increases under block grants
April 14, 2015
State aid to Reno and Harvey counties to increase under block grants
April 13, 2015
State aid to Shawnee, Douglas and Jefferson counties increase under block grants
April 10, 2015
State aid to Butler and Sedgwick counties to increase under block grants
April 10, 2015
State aid to Johnson and Wyandotte County schools increases under block grants
April 4, 2015
KCEG won’t document their false claims on education funding – again.
April 3, 2015
Only in government – a 14% increase is denounced as a ‘cut’
March 25, 2015
Legislature Considers Changes to School Funding Formula
March 11, 2015
School funding still sets new record with block grant proposal
March 7, 2015
Kansas K-12 Carryover Reserves
March 2, 2015
Resolving school district spending variances could yield hundreds of millions in savings
February 19, 2015
School districts overstate the impact of SB 71
February 5, 2015
School funding controversy is about entitlement, not need
February 2, 2015
Kansas Court Rulings on K-12 Education
January 26, 2015
The philosophy and research supporting at-risk funding – second in a series
January 26, 2015
Judicial panel used cherry-picked data in Gannon decision
January 26, 2015
Inaugural Podcast with Dave Trabert
January 19, 2015
It’s all about the money
January 9, 2015
Supreme Court ruling on school finance – some very good news and a few questions
March 10, 2014