USD 457 funding priorities favor high school instruction
The district finance leader announced the 2008-09 funding priorities for 15 USD 457 programs. The staff community committee rated programs, awarding 98 percent funding to Kiblinger’s Curriculum/Assessment and Supplemental Services while district-wide administration was cut to 98 percent.
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Shelly Kiblinger
Kathleen Whitley
Kiblinger
USD
Rick Atha
Kansas Earth Day Gains Significance After Court Ruling
A Kansas observer notes the Supreme Court decision labeling carbon dioxide a pollutant has shifted attention to environmental issues. A utility and partners push to cancel new coal plants and build two carbon emitting generators near Holcomb. Earth Day takes on added meaning as lawmakers discuss permitting and energy policy.
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Topeka
Hns
U.S. Supreme Court
Kansas
Holcomb
Mark Treaster
Pretty Prairie
Treaster
Statehouse
Bush administration to rewrite No Child Left Behind rules
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings plans to issue regulations changing the No Child Left Behind law. A key change sets a uniform method for calculating high school graduation rates by 2012-13, counting on-time graduates, while allowing states to set goals to improve graduation numbers. Critics warn of weaker improvement targets.
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Washington
Congress
Bush Administration
Margaret Spellings
Bush
Kunz receives state award for helping abused children
Verlene Kunz, a Garden City CASA volunteer for Spirit of the Plains, earned the Kansas Attorney General's Crime Victims' Service Award in Topeka for aiding children who faced sexual abuse, neglect, and physical harm. Susan Escareno praised her dedication and ability to advocate for vulnerable kids.
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Verlene Kunz
Kansas
Steve Six
Topeka
Kunz
Spirit of the Plains
Garden City
Susan Escareno
CASA
Escareno
SRS
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