School Funding Archives - Kansas Policy Institute

2021 Legislator Briefing Book also has good value for taxpayers 0
- Tax & Spending
- January 14, 2021
Our 2021 Legislator Briefing Book is designed to give legislators and taxpayers a quick-reference guide that provides background and perspective on state spending, tax facts, economic conditions, and K-12 education. It’s all government data, but much of it is hard to find. And the data often contradicts what you’ve heard from media and government officials. READ MORE
Student weightings add over $1.4 billion in education expenditures 0
- Education
- November 4, 2020
Total K-12 education expenditures for the 2019-20 school year topped the $7 billion mark according to the latest financial figures released by KSDE. Per-pupil expenditures rose 5.42% to $14,848. (KSDE just estimated 2020-21 total spending at $7.3 billion and per-pupil at $16,216.) Of the $7 billion spent in 2019-20, just over $2.1 billion came directly
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KSDE: per-pupil funding estimated at $16,216 this year 0
- Education
- October 30, 2020
The Kansas Department of Education confirmed this week that per-pupil funding is estimated to be $16,216 this year; that’s 9.2% higher than last year’s record level of $14,848. KSDE Deputy Commissioner of Finance Craig Neuenswander confirmed the numbers in an email to KPI. Per-pupil funding from the State is estimated to be $10,967; federal aid
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Education finance formula provides hundreds of millions for non-existent students 0
- Education
- October 15, 2020
Recently KPI published this article that outlined how school districts will not face financial consequences if there is lower enrollment due to COVID, or any other reason. The deck is stacked in financial favor of the districts because they are allowed to take the higher enrollment of the two years previous to the current year.
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COVID-related reduction in student enrollment will not impact school financing 0
- Education
- September 28, 2020
Contrary to what many people might believe, a reduction in public school enrollment will not have an impact on the amount of funding a district will receive. Not this year and likely not even next year. To say the formula for determining how much exactly each district receives in state and local funding is complex
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Public education a recession-proof industry 0
- Education
- August 30, 2020
Amidst all the attention over when and how schools reopen, one topic has been overlooked. In an economy that has been decimated with unemployment in the wake of COVID-19, those in the education community have escaped facing the same economic reality as many of their patrons. Buoyed by federal dollars through the CARES Act and
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