State revenue shortfall hits budget talks in Kansas
Kansas faces a $9.3 million general fund shortfall for fiscal year 2000 after six months of receipts. Gov. Graves proposes $67.4 million in general fund cuts, about 1.5 percent. House Appropriations and Senate Ways and Means begin revising the budget, with lawmakers urged to exercise fiscal discipline as sales tax shortfalls loom.
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Topeka
Kan
Bill Graves
Kansas
Graves
House Appropriations
Senate
Ways and
Supreme Court
Statehouse
Duane Goossen
Legislative Research Department
David Adkins
R-Leawood
Robin Jennison
R-Healy
Educators wary of proposed reforms
Kansas education leaders debate reform plans as Gov Graves seeks funding shifts. Superintendent Kaufman warns of budget cuts amid enrollment declines while lawmakers split over all day kindergarten uniforms and vouchers. Proposals include competency testing and open enrollment, with focus on funding and accountability.
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Fred Kaufman
Topeka
Kansas
Bill Graves
Kaufman
House Education
Ralph Tanner
R-Baldwin
Tanner
Christine Downey
Dnewton
Senate
Dick Bond
Overland Park
Kent Glasscock
Manhattan
Downey
Mark Tallman
Kansas Association of School Boards
State Board of Education
Tallman
Glasscock
Craig Grant
Kansas National Education Association
Bond
Jim Morrison
Colby
Morrison
Graves to form 100 member Vision 21st Century Task Force
Gov. Bill Graves announced a 100 member Vision 21st Century Task Force to guide Kansas policy for the next decade. Lt. Gov. Gary Sherrer will chair the seven subcommittees addressing agriculture, early education, health, economic development, school financing, services for the disabled and elderly, water quality, and workforce training. Report due by Dec. 1. selections to be made by month’s end.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
Kansas
Graves
Gary Sherrer
Sherrer
First Territorial Capitol in Kansas Faces Budget Squeeze
Fort Riley base site of Kansas pre Civil War capitol faces closure as 71 000 promised by the state for accessibility restrooms and new exhibits remains unspent amid revenue shortfalls. Local Partners group urges legislators to fund upgrades and new exhibits highlighting 1855 events and stories of enslaved river ferry workers and a girl observer.
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Kansas
First Territorial
Fort Riley Army Base
Kansas State Historical Society
Bill Graves
Scott Price
Junction City
Partners Group
Historical Society
Graves
Price
Capitol
Terry Marmet
State Historical Society
Shawnee Mission
Gerald Geringer
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