Kansas Education Funding Gaps Highlight Rank Versus Spending
Kansas schools rank highly in performance yet funding trails. A KASB study using 15 Rose Capacities measures notes ACT benchmarks up 7 percent since 2006 but per pupil spending remains low versus peers. Missouri Nebraska Iowa rank higher. Legislative action and a forthcoming court case shape funding as districts seek a new finance formula.
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Garden City high expands college transfer math options
Holcomb and Garden City USD 457 collaborate to offer college transfer algebra at the high school with 20 students enrolled this semester. Students passing the course can transfer credits to college and take high school trigonometry next term, reducing travel to GCCC and easing access for juniors and some seniors. District officials may add calculus later as two students already attend calculus at GCCC.
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Schneeberger
Michelle Baier
Kansas AG reports $9.83 million recovered in Medicaid fraud cases
Kansas Attorney General's Office says its Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Division recovered more than 9.8 million in taxpayer funds during the 2015–2016 fiscal year. About 9.4 million came from federal and state shares of global settlements with the NA Medicaid Fraud Control Units. The division closed 72 cases, with 38 ending without prosecution, and had 124 cases open as of June 30.
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National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Kansas Attorney General
Diversion Offered in GCPD Domestic Battery Case
Scott County Attorney Rebecca Faurot approved diversion for Mora a former senior master patrol officer with the GCPD since 2002 who recently resigned The plan aims to avoid conflicts with the Finney County Attorney’s office and Mora must complete tasks and avoid further violations after which the domestic battery charge would be dismissed A status conference is set for September 8 in Pierce’s courtroom at the Law Enforcement Center.
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Scott County
Rebecca Faurot
Ricklin Pierce
Faurot
Finney County
Luci Douglass
Garden City
Ralston
Kansas
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Law Enforcement Center
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Trump calls for monitors like 1988 election at polls
Officials with the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania will monitor on November 8 to ensure every eligible voter can cast a ballot. The piece recalls 1988 Santa Ana polling place guards amid debates over voter observation and changes in California politics.
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