Kansas Politics Part of New School Aid System
Kansas lawmakers wrestle with reforming state aid to local districts under court mandate to rewrite by July 1 next year. Governor Docking and rival Kay debate costs, funding gaps, and local control while exploring constitutional changes and a property tax circuit breaker to relieve homeowners.
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Lew Ferguson
Associated Press
Topeka
Woodworth
Kay
Docking
Kansas National Education Association
Knea
IRS Simplifies Instructions By Dropping Spouse Term
Washington AP says the IRS is streamlining the 1040 short form instructions for next year. A glossary clarifies terms like excess and widow while the word spouse is replaced by husband and wife. The tone shifts to you, and an advisory group including teachers contributed to the revisions.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS Commission
Johnnie M. Walters
IRS
Walters
Schools Budgets Needed for State Finance Plan
Topeka Kansas Senate committee chair Sen. Joseph Harder says staff must gather more information on Kansas school budgets for the Nov. 16 meeting to craft a defendable new state school finance plan after a Johnson County court ruling invalidated the current plan. The staff will study per pupil funding scales, adjusting for district size and grade level, and arrange data by 100 pupil enrollment blocks.
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Docking
Kay
House
Topeka
Kan
Joseph Harder
R-Moundridge
Harder
Vetoes Expected For Many Measures Today
Washington AP reports President Nixon may veto a large batch of 92nd Congress bills today. Ehrlichman and Weinberger outline targets while Nixon aims to curb spending near 250 billion this year. Possible vetoes include a 30.5 billion Labor Health Education Welfare bill and the Social Security welfare measure due by Nov. 6.
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Congress
John Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
Caspar W. Weinberger
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
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