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Minutes for SB142 - Committee on K-12 Education Budget
Short Title
Appropriations for the department of education for FY 2020 and FY 2021 in response to litigation; increasing BASE aid for certain school years.
Minutes Content for Tue, Mar 19, 2019
Chairwoman Williams began the meeting at 3:35pm.
Jason Long presented an overview of SB142.
Chairwoman Williams opened the neutral testimony.
Representative Waymaster - K12 and higher ed takes up 64% of the budget; discussed his concerns; discussed concern from Supreme Court; thinks we are in a recession. (Attachment 1)
Representative Johnson - we have to either come up with growth or additional sources of revenue; discussed state general fund receipts. (Attachment 2)
Questions were asked and comments were made by Representatives: Ward, Williams, Lusk, and Huebert.
Chairwoman Williams closed the neutral portion of the testimony.
Chairwoman Williams opened the proponent portion of the testimony.
Mark Tallman, KASB - discussed funding per pupil; discussed school expenditures; discussed graduation rates since 2010; discussed national assessment of educational progress; discussed progression of ACT scores; discussed expenditures on students compared to that of other states. (Attachment 3)
Questions were asked and comments were made by Chairwoman Williams, and Representatives: Erickson, Hoffman, Lusk, and Huebert.
Erin Gould, Game On Kansas - support funding inflation; restore funding to stable and predictable footing; cuts risk the success of our students (Attachment 4)
Questions were asked and comments were made by Representatives: Tarwater, Erickson, Landwehr, Holscher, and Hoffman.
Devin Wilson, Kansas PTA - supports efforts to strengthen and improve the Kansas public school finance system; discussed the restoration of public school funding to a constitutional level of adequacy through FY2021; discussed how the bill provides an increased degree of stability; money matter and costs are not stagnant. (Attachment 5)
Questions were asked and comments were made by Representative Thomas and Chairwoman Williams.
GA Buie, USA Kansas / KSSA - noted that if we desire to meet the workforce needs of our state, we must consider expanding the opportunities and experiences for our students; traditional school model does not work anymore; the teacher is no longer the center of knowledge. (Attachment 6)
Written Only Proponents:
Patty Logan (Stand Up Kansas) (Attachment 7)
Megan Peters (Education First Shawnee Mission) (Attachment 8)
Claire Reagan (Olathe Resident) (Attachment 9)
Nikki McDonald (Olathe Public Education Network) (Attachment 10)
Brandi Fisher (Mainstream Coalition) (Attachment 11)
Dr Chad Higgins (Superintendent of Schools, Maize USD 266) (Attachment 12)
Justin Coup (Superintendent, Solomon USD 393) (Attachment 13)
Dr Kelly Arnberger (Superintendent/Elementary Principal, USD 482; Schools for Quality Education) (Attachment 14)
Jeff Travis (Superintendent, USD 273; Schools for Quality Education) (Attachment 15)
Written Only Opponents:
Mark Desetti (KNEA) (Attachment 16)
Mike O’Neal (Kansas Policy Institute) (Attachment 17)
Bill Brady (Schools for Fair Funding) (Attachment 18)
Chairwoman Williams closed the hearing on SB142.
Chairwoman Williams adjourned the meeting at 5:32pm.
