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Every Vote Counts
By Cheryl Semmel
The Every Vote Counts initiative is a collaborative public service project sponsored by United School Administrators of Kansas (USA|Kansas), Kansas National Education Association (KNEA) and Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB). Our goal is to encourage voter registration among school personnel, contracted staff, parents and education stakeholders prior to the 2008 general election.

You are community leaders with an incredibly important message for parents, local businesses, and other community members: investing and supporting children through quality education programs is absolutely critical.

The most promising and effective way to represent our children is to ensure that those individuals eligible to vote are registered to vote. Every election cycle, millions of voices are not heard; don’t let yours be one of them.

Each district will receive posters encouraging voter registration and directing individuals to either access the
registration form online or to pick up a form in the district or school office. We have provided a package of voter registration forms for your convenience and may be copied, as necessary. A limited quantity of Spanish posters are available, upon request.

We strongly encourage you to hang these posters in your district offices and school buildings as a reminder to education stakeholders: REGISTER TO VOTE TODAY! Every Vote Counts!

Every Vote Counts poster (English)
Every Vote Counts poster (Spanish)



USA|Kansas thanks our 2010 Convention Sponsors for being partners in education

USA|Kansas extends a special thanks to our Convention Sponsors this year. In addition to exhibiting at the convention, these businesses were recognized among hundreds of statewide education administrators during the General Session. Click here to read more.

Governor announces plan for balancing FY 2010 budget

Governor Parkinson announced Friday morning his plan to make up $106 million shortfall in the current budget year. Two of the measures included in the plan can be accomplished by the governor himself, but the remaining four measures will require legislative action. In laying out his plan, the governor spared education, social services, and public safety from further cuts in the FY 2010 year. The governor maintains that $21million of the shortfall can be explained by tax refunds that were paid out earlier than usual, due to electronic filing this year, so his plan addresses the remaining $85 million shortfall. To read details of the governor’s proposal, click here.

Looking for contact information for your Representative or Senator? The USA|Kansas Legislative Action Center has a listing of all U.S. Congressional, Kansas Senate, Kansas House, and State Board of Education representatives - including office numbers, phone numbers and email addresses. If you don't know who your legislator is, visit the Kansas Legislature online. Individuals can search for Legislators by entering your home address and/or school address.

Legislative Committee Schedules and Assignments, 2010
House Committees (Schedule)
House Committees (Membership)
Senate Committees (Schedule)
Senate Committees (Membership)

2009-2010 K-12 Education Budget. KSDE has provided a more detailed computer printout (SF0014) which compares the 2009-2010 adopted general fund budget, 2009-2010 computed general fund budget using a base state aid per pupil (BSAPP) of $4,218 and the estimated revised general fund budget for 2009-10 using a BSAPP of $4,012. The BSAPP coincides with reductions made by the Governor as a result of allotments announced on November 23, 2009. (Please note: this is an updated report, replacing SF0011)

Updated State Budget and School Finance materialsPlease be patient, as larger files may take longer to open or download.

 

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