Tax debate on school funding and proposed state aid cuts
With a 2002 budget gap large, legislators face a choice on a tax increase to protect public schools. A proposed 1 percent cut in state aid per pupil under Kerr and Morris targets schools more moderately than higher education and other agencies. School officials fear reductions in staff and programs despite a prior $50 per student increase and continued calls to avoid cuts.
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Ing
Kerr and
Morris
Local option budgets expand in Kansas school funding shifts
Kansas has 304 school districts with growing use of local option budgets to fund operations. LOBs let districts raise up to 25 percent more via local taxes, a shift from stopgap status since the 1992 finance overhaul to basic needs reliance in some districts.
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Topeka
Kansas
Secretary of State
Finney County
Brown
Garden City
Holcomb tightens nuisance rules for city properties
Holcomb officials will log each nuisance notice with time, recipient, and response, plus file photos as evidence. The move, aimed at fair treatment and solid enforcement, sees police notified of violations and a streamlined process to track annual counts by property.
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Sharp
Smith
Holcomb’s
Holcomb
Dennis Lauer
Holcom
Firefighting unit 467th prepares for possible mobilization
Commander Symanski met with 467th soldiers including Rozar and Sanders to review past Desert Shield and Kosovo service and emphasize readiness. The unit, with four fire trucks and two 6,000 gallon tankers, faces housing and equipment needs while stressing medical and family care planning for possible deployments amid ongoing mobilizations. Symanski awarded Sanders and Tuttle for recruiting efforts and the detachment demonstrated vehicle extrication techniques.
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Symanski
William D. Rozar
Robert Sanders
Michael Turner
Wichita
Jon Clouse
Rozar
467Th
Kosovo
Army
Garden City Army
Desert Shield
Bosnia
89Th
89Th Rsc
RSC
Noble Eagle
Enduring Freedom
Sanders
Spc
Chris Tuttle
School official defers to police in Reeves case
Initial probes found no criminal activity by Reeves and action was taken with probable cause. Parents and officials describe multiple alleged incidents of inappropriate touching involving 10 to 11 year old girls at Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center. Reeves was moved from fifth to sixth grade. SRS found no crime. Police later charged him after further investigations.
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Utz
Reeves
SRS
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
Bernadine Sitts
Kelly Glodt
Barb Hauschild
Gladt
Social Rehabilitation Services
Pippenger
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Jennie Barker
Schulman
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Viera Colts
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Hallmark Rent A Center
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