Budget cuts threaten district library and staff layoffs
The district plans up to 4 million in cuts for 2003 2004 as it reviews 82 items including 60 classified layoffs ending many in secretarial janitorial and maintenance posts. Retirement of Eales removes a 60 000 vocational ed position with programs likely outsourced.
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Gibson
Eales
Law seeks end of drug relapse by shifting to rehab
Kansas lawmakers push funding to create 90 rehab slots, replacing prison time for possession after November. If funded, offenders could be sentenced to treatment with jail time capped at 60 days for violations, while manufacturing or selling drugs remains excluded and retroactivity is rejected. Public safety officials warn of jail crowding. advocates cite reduced future inmate numbers and the need for sanctions alongside treatment.
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Wratil
Bill Miskell
Kansas Department of Corrections
Public Safety
Kansas
Atty
Phill Kline
Kline
Johnson County
Dist
Paul Morrison
Douglas County
Christine Kenney
Mark Ocomb
Kansas City
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