Kansas Legislative Research Department-Education

Education

Kindergarten-12th Grade

2008 Briefing Book - School Finance (posted 1-23-08) PDF
2008 Briefing Book - No Child Left Behind Act
(posted 1-23-08) PDF
2008 Briefing Book - Safety Belts on School Buses
(posted 1-23-08) PDF
K-12 Consensus Estimates (posted 11-13-07) PDF
School District Finance and Quality Performance Act and Bond and Interest State Aid Program (2-25-08) PDF
- Amendments to School District Finance
  (posted 9-25-06) PDF
Kansas Supreme Court Decision Montoy et. al. v. State of Kansas et. al. (posted 7-28-06) PDF
Legislative Post Audit Cost Study Analysis (posted 1-9-06)
- Full Report PDF (large file - 1.9 Mb)
- Executive Summary PDF
November 2007 K-12 School Finance Consensus
EstimatesRevised Amounts (posted 11-13-07) PDF
School District Financing Data by District
(School Years 1996-2007) (link to Kansas Department of Education)
Selected Information on Special Education Expenditures-
FY 1983-FY 2008(Est.) (posted 12-6-06) PDF
Special Education Estimated Excess Costs - FY 2009
(posted 11-13-07) PDF
July 8, 2005 School Finance - Supreme Court Order:
Summary PDF
January 3, 2005 School Finance - Supreme Court Opinion: Summary PDF Decision HTML
Augenblick & Myers "Suitability" Study-Final Report
(posted 5-30-02) PDF

Higher Education

2008 Briefing Book - Higher Education Funding
(posted 1-23-08) PDF
2008 Briefing Book - Higher Education Deferred Maintenance
(posted 1-23-08) PDF
2008 Briefing Book - Postsecondary Technical Education Authority (posted 1-23-08) PDF
Kansas Institutions of Higher Education Map
(posted 9-9-03) PDF