Juco Regents Bill Spurs Call For Patience
In Topeka a proposal to place Kansas community colleges under the state Board of Regents prompted a summer study call. Supporters say coordination would reduce course duplication but opponents fear loss of local control and potential Washburn University inclusion. No action was taken.
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Washburn University of Topeka
Jerry Gee
Dodge City Community College
Gee
Kansas Council On Vocational Education
Kansas National Education Association
James Irhig
Cloud County Community College
Concordia
Kansas Association of Community Colleges
Irhig
Bryce Roderick
Garden City
Community Colleges
Washburn
Board of Regents
Board of Education
House
Jim Braden
Braden
Norman Jeter
Hays
Richard Reinhardt
Erie
House panel backs FACTS program extension in Kansas
The House Appropriations Committee endorsed a Senate bill to extend Kansas FACTS, a farm aid program started in 1985, until July 1 1990 with funding handled in a separate bill. Supporters urge staying at current funding, noting legal services and counseling help farmers facing displacement, while concerns over state finances persist.
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House Appropriations Committee
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Appropriations Committee
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Extension Ser
Vice
Kansas State University
Secretary of Agriculture
Roger McCollister
Kansas Legal Services
McCollister
Ivan Wyatt
Kansas Farmers Union
Frank Dorsey
Interfaith Rural Life Committee
Kansas
Dorsey
Ron Schneider
Kansas Rural Center
Bill Fuller
Kansas Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Kansas school aid talks hinge on funding split and districts
A House Senate conference panel in Topeka reached agreement on three minor provisions in the school finance bill and planned a late Tuesday meeting after the House debated FY 1987 88 education funding. Big fights loom over how to allocate 7.67 million in new money between general state aid and special education transportation aid and how to adjust aid formulas for rural versus urban districts.
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Senate
House
Kansas
Denise Apt. Aiola
House Appropriations Committee
Hayden
School Finance Conference
Wichita
Kansas City
Shawnee Mission
Finney Faces Senate Clash Over Unclaimed Property Bill
State Treasurer Joan Finney and a Republican legislator clashed at a Senate Governmental Organization Committee meeting over a bill to move unclaimed property control from Finney to the Department of Administration. Finney defended her record, saying she has returned more than 4 million dollars to owners since 1978, while Vidricksen accused the program of political use and pledged a partisan push to advance the measure.
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Joan Finney
Vidricksen
Department of Administration
Finney
Widrickson
Commission
Johnston
D-Parsons
Joan
Ben
Vidrickson
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