School Finance

State budget could block spending (5/17/2013)
	A proposal to block the Kansas State Board of Education and local districts from spending any general fund state aid or special revenue funds to implement to Common Core.

Movement on taxes and budget (5/16/2013)
	For the first time in the week-old 2013 Veto Session, a compromise proposal on tax policy was made by the Kansas House.

Legislative waiting game continues, Common Core statement presented to state board (5/14/2013)
	The 80th day of the 2013 session passed yesterday with no public actions on state tax policy. No meetings of the tax, budget or other conference committees have been announced.

Conference agreement reached on several ed issues (4/3/2013)
	The conference committee of the Senate Education and House Education Committees has agreed on the four bills it was assigned.

Taxes, budget, guns and reading bills focus of final week (4/1/2013)
	The House and Senate both convene at 10 a.m. today for the final scheduled week of the 2013 regular session. Most attention will be focused on conference committee efforts to resolve differences between the two chambers.

Conference Committees open on weapons, education bills (4/1/2013)
	The first day of the last week of the regular session opened with a conference committee on weapons in public building, including schools, and setting the stage for conference negotiations on a long list of education bills.

Legislature heads to conference committee week (3/27/2013)
	The House and Senate worked late into Tuesday night to finish floor debate on a long list of bills. The House took emergency final action on its bills last night and adjourned until next Monday. The Senate was scheduled to take final action this mo

Major education debates set for this week (3/23/2013)
	The last scheduled day for most committees to act on bills was March 22. The House and Senate will spend Monday-Wednesday debating bills on the floor. There are now only two weeks left in the regular session.

Charter schools, tax credits, budget and taxes, board advocacy and elections, much more (3/20/2013)
	The Senate Education Committee plans to vote today on significantly broadening authority for operating charter schools in Kansas, and the House Education Committee may vote on a major tax break to fund scholarships for private schools

Senate tax plan advances; guns, elections and charter school debates continue (3/14/2013)
	Senate tax plan advances; guns, elections and charter school debates continue

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