Kansas Supreme Court School Finance Ruling [ Montoy et al. v. State et al., a statement by the Chief Justice, and the OJA summary (7/28/06) ]
Conference Committee on Senate Bill 549 (as passed by Legislature and sent to the Governor)
House Sub. for Sub. for SB 584 as Recommended by the House Select Committee on School Finance
Senate Bill 584 Supplemental Note (pdf)
Substitute for Senate Bill 584 Approved by Senate Education Committee
Comparison of all Plans Discussed in the Statehouse to Date (pdf from United School Administrators). Attached is the comparison of all plans discussed in the statehouse to date. The document is shorter because staff removed much of the narrative to allow for the extra columns. Staff also removed all of the House provisions that are specific to the House plan and have not been included in any of the Senate plans. These items are listed out in the first 2 pages of the attachment.
KASB Comparison of House and Senate School Finance Plans [Posted on KASB Web Site on March 28, 2006]
Substitute for House Bill 2986 As Approved By The House
Substitute for House Bill 2986 as Recommended by the House Select Committee on School FinanceIs the "65% Solution" Coming to Your State? (from ASBO online article)
K-12 Three Plan Comparison (Barnett Bill, House Bill, Senate Bill)
Senate School Finance Plan Press Release (released 3/2/06)
Proposed School Finance Plan by Selected Senators (released 3/2/06)
Proposed School Finance Plan -- House Select Committee on School Finance (released 2/23/06)
KASB Summary of Legislative Post Audit-Cost Study
Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit -- COST STUDY ANALYSIS -- Elementary and Secondary Education in Kansas: Estimating the Costs of K-12 Education Using Two Approaches [ This report contains the results of our six-month study of education costs in Kansas. Full Report (PDF 19.8 MB) Executive Summary (PDF 511 KB) NOTE: The full report is a large file. If you have trouble downloading it from the Kansas.gov server, both the report and executive summary also are available on the education page of the Kansas Legislative Research Department's website at http://skyways.lib.ks.us/ksleg/KLRD/Education.htm. If you still have trouble (we anticipate a lot of downloads), you can try later, or you can request the report on CD from our office.]