Graves urges funding boost for Kansas schools
Governor Graves calls for a $915 billion budget for 2002 and seeks higher education funding along with increased base funding for schools by $50 per student to $3,870. He pushes reauthorizing the Kansas Lottery and tougher anti drunken driving laws as part of the package, while lawmakers express skepticism about new tax money.
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Manhattan
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Board of Regents
Kansas
Funding level worries Weseman school board
Lawrence Superintendent Randy Weseman warned that a proposed $50 base state aid increase from Governor Bill Graves would not be adequate and would require districts to cut costs, especially in administration. He noted the state would incur $30 million in costs and urged proactive messaging to voters while board members urged fiscal discipline and targeted funding for education.
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Kansas
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KU Grant Proposals Move For Faculty Raises And Block Funding
KU officials press for an 8.2 percent faculty raise and block grant funding to keep salaries competitive. Graves' plan proposes a 6.2 percent average faculty rise and a 1.5 percent raise for classified staff in two steps, plus elimination of the bottom three pay steps to raise minimum wages. Regents praise block grants and online instruction expansion as state funds and policy shift.
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Graves budget seeks 40 million boost for social services
Gov Bill Graves proposes a total Social and Rehabilitation Services budget of 1.73 billion for the coming year with a 40 million increase aimed at offsetting rising health care costs and more foster care and adoption needs. The plan would expand Health Wave and Medicaid enrollment while funding day care, adoption subsidies, and services for the disabled and the elderly.
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