Finney County budgets seek 2013 funding boosts and annexation
County budget requests include a 2013 rise for the Finney County Historical Society to retain four staffers and for the Sheriff to fund a 5.89 million budget with pay increases to offset deputy departures. FCEDC seeks 129000 from the county while several departments request funding, and commissioners approve an annexation for four acres near K 156 and Jennie Barker Road for a future hotel.
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Historical Society
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Sheriff's Office
Bascue
Boot Hill
Dodge City
Finney County Economic Development Corp
FCEDC
City
Garden City Community College
Holcomb
Garden City
The
Community College
Finney County Senior Center
County Register of Deeds
Emergency Management Department
Sheriffs Office
Jennie Barker
Tractor Supply Inc
E. Mary St
Eighth St
District approves dress code contract and raises pay
The board approved a 2011 2012 district budget with weighted enrollment and a teacher base pay increase of 248 for June July and August to reflect more counted students. A No Child Left Behind reform resolution was approved for Congress and national board submission. The district outlined transitioning to Common Core standards with 2015 testing and updated codes of conduct addressing cell phones and electronic communications for staff and students.
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Rick Atha
Congress
National School Board Association
National Board
Tim Cruz
Darren Dennis
Leigh Ann Roderick
Dennis
Roderick
Gloria Hopkins
Renee Scott
Janet Smith
Charles O. Stones Intermediate
Kansas
Kansas faces ongoing school funding case before three-judge panel
Wichita attorney Arthur Chalmers for the state argues current funding levels are constitutional and legislators acted to preserve education funding amid a weak economy. He says attempts to avoid arbitrary cuts, rely on federal funds, higher sales tax, and district reserves. Trial may last three weeks with possible appeal to the Kansas Supreme Court.
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Arthur Chalmers
Wichita
Derek Schmidt
Chalmers
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Congress Candidates Poised for Re Election Amid Redistricting Talk
In Kansas, two incumbents eye re election as the filing deadline June 11 looms amid a redistricting lawsuit. Secretary of State Kris Kobach urges postponement if new boundaries cannot be set this week. Districts 1 3 and 4 show population shifts with Huelskamp’s proposal to widen 1st adding Manhattan and Jenkins fearing a more Democratic 3rd.
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Kansas
Kris Kobach
Jenkins
Kansas City
Huelskamp
Manhattan
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