Lawmakers debate education funding and state budget
Legislators at a Garden City legislative coffee discussed education funding and Senate Bill 7 which would replace the current school finance formula with two year block grants while a new funding formula is developed. Reps. Doll and Jennings opposed the bill. Sen. Powell supported it. Gov. Brownback expected to sign.
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Powell
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Rural Kansas school district spans vast county
Larry Hirsch Jr. drives bus No. 34 for Syracuse USD 494, a rural district covering Hamilton County in southwest Kansas. He starts before 5 a.m., ferries eight students across a 65 mile round trip, then returns after school as education news notes Kansas has many rural districts, about 550 students on average.
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Syracuse
Larry Hirsch Jr
Syracuse High School
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Syracuse Usd
Hamilton County
Kearny
Kansas
Refugee Advocate Lado Lodoka Aids Sudanese in Kansas
Lado Lodoka, 36, of Garden City, once fled Sudan with a friend to Ethiopia and Kenya to escape war. Now in the United States he works in Kansas to assist Sudanese refugees adjusting to life here, drawing on nearly a decade of field experience. He has held roles in Portland Maine as a human service counselor, as well as property management and supply clerical positions, while continuing refugee work.
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Liberation Movement
South Sudan
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