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Thursday, January 18, 1979
University Daily Kansan
Committee faces
Bv TAMMY TIERNEY
Staff Reporter
TOPEKA—Members of the Kansas House Ways and Means Committee were formally introduced yesterday to formula funding programs in a way becoming better accounted with the system.
The committee is studying a 76-page analysis of formula funding, a new method used to figure the 1890 budgets for the Kansas Board of Regents schools.
Formula funding compares the financial status of a university in seven program areas to other "peer schools." Before 1980, only 6 percent of students of number of student enrolled at a university.
The analysis, prepared by the legislative research department, said the advantages to formula funding were that it attempted to zero-base expenditures and establish minimum funding levels, it ensured greater access for teachers and students lessened the impact of declining enrollment and reduced competition for funding between schools.
However, the analysis also reported drawbacks to formula funding. Disadvantages include the formula's complexity, the need for expert judgment and costiness to implement and its tendency to
base future decisions for Kansas schools on decisions of peer states.
Some committee members expressed concern that the plan would not be possible if a 7 percent state spending lid were implemented.
However, Julie Mundy, a member of the legislative research staff, said that the plan would work under a spending bid but that the school's ability to "catch up" with its peers.
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Marlon Rein, director of legislative research, agreed and said that the formula is correct.
"As far as I can tell, formula funding is an attempt to assess where the greatest need is and a series of suggestions as to how those needs be met," he said.
MIKE GLOVER, D-Lawrence, said he favored the system but that it should be more automated.
"The selection process was not prostituted." Glover said, "by looking at the bottom line and saying, 'Hey, what will make me look bad.'"
The coalition members were protesting a University of Kansas policy, suspended Monday, which banned the distribution of literature in campus buildings.
Miller said the policy was a direct solution of Article 10 of the Code of Student Rights and the Declaration of Respect.
"I think the thing we need to get across is that the Legislature asked that a new formula be developed." Glover said, "The program will be used, with this to offset declining enrollment."
Several members of the Academic Freedom Action Coalition quietly demonstrated in support of free speech yesterday for four hours in the Strong Hall rotunda.
The article states that "A student group or organization may distribute written material on campus without prior approval."
Handout policy protest target at Strong Hall
Glover also said that it was important that legislators understood that peer institutions for the Rengis schools were selected before making their decisions, and that they would make KU's funding appear insufficient.
John Vogel, R-Lawrence, was dubious of the formula system. Vogel has said he thought legislators might view formula enrolment as a gimmick to offset declining enrollment.
The policy, which outlines the proper place and manner for the distribution of literature on campus, was suspended, pending review, after University administrators decided the policy conflicted with faculty and student rights.
Miller said that because of Article 15, any kind of literature distribution policy was
Mundy said that more than half of the states chosen as peer states used part of the formula system to determine funding but that "this particular conglomeration" had been specially designed to meet the needs of Kansas schools.
Tim Miller, assistant professor of religious studies, who helped hand out leaflets, said the protest more than distribute literature in buildings.
Five teams are officially in the running in the election for student body president and vice president at yesterday's filing session. The chairman of the elections committee,
Mark Hazelrigg, Emporia junior, and Christopher Jon Fleisher, Lawrence junior, were the last team to declare their candidacy when they submitted a petition with 500 signatures Tuesday in the Student Senate office.
Hazelrigg also said that he didn't care if he jumped to go vote. 14 and 15 when the Republicans were defeated.
5 teams entered in Senate race
"The University has gone for 110 years without the policy," he said. "What is the problem that should lead to something like this? The university has yet to hint that there is a problem."
"Most of the people don't vote," he said. "So, obviously, they don't care. We thought those people needed representation and we're providing that service."
"We'll be there if they decide to vote," he said.
Lawrence legislators had mixed views on the subject.
Harzelring said yesterday that he and his running mate would call their coalition
"We'll have to wait and see what the tomorrow, Vogel said. Maybe we'll have to wait."
Other presidential teams are: Margaret Berlin, Bonner Springs junior, and George Gomez, Topeka junior; Clair Keizer, Lawrence junior, and Craig Templeton, Topeka junior; Robert Tomlinson, Mission junior, and John Bhmighwitch, Wichta junior; and Ron Allen, Sabeth junior, and Dave Kenner, Maryville, Mo., junior.
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