Post by Logan on Jun 5, 2016 9:42:59 GMT -6
Answers to your questions about a possible school shutdown in Kansas
Lawmakers left Topeka last week without addressing the Kansas Supreme Court’s order to fix inequities in school funding by June 30 or risk closure of the state’s schools.
It’s unclear when – or if – they will return before the deadline. That has increased anxiety about a potential shutdown.
Here are some questions you may be asking:
Q. How likely is a statewide school shutdown?
A. Many are optimistic that Kansas lawmakers will craft some type of solution before the June 30 deadline. But the prospect of a shutdown “is becoming more serious with every passing day,” said Mark Tallman, a lobbyist for the Kansas Association of School Boards.
Read more here: www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article81812487.html
Lawmakers left Topeka last week without addressing the Kansas Supreme Court’s order to fix inequities in school funding by June 30 or risk closure of the state’s schools.
It’s unclear when – or if – they will return before the deadline. That has increased anxiety about a potential shutdown.
Here are some questions you may be asking:
Q. How likely is a statewide school shutdown?
A. Many are optimistic that Kansas lawmakers will craft some type of solution before the June 30 deadline. But the prospect of a shutdown “is becoming more serious with every passing day,” said Mark Tallman, a lobbyist for the Kansas Association of School Boards.
Read more here: www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article81812487.html