Kansas enjoys a national reputation as a fiscally responsible state. This recognition reflects a longstanding commitment by Kansans to each other and their government. Each generation of taxpayers, however, must renew this fiscal legacy. The Kansas Public Finance Center aims to facilitate this process through policy research and technical assistance.

State Budget Roundtable
An informal discussion of state budget issues in a State Budget Roundtable was held at the Wichita State University in spring 2002. Students, faculty, members of the University community, and members of the public participated in the roundtable discussion. In preparation for each discussion, background materials on the topic of the week were posted on this page in advance of the roundtable. The discussion were led by a member of the faculty of the Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs. The schedule for the State Budget Roundtable is outlined below.

General Background Documents

Governor's FY2003 Budget Proposal
Kansas Budget History 1994-2003
Comparison Report (Approved FY2002 budget)
Legislative Research Service Publications on the Budget  and State Services 
Kansas Fiscal Facts, 8th Edition (September 2001 )
Governor's State of the State (advocating tax changes)
Kansas Department of Revenue Annual Report (detailed tables included)

State Debt (Professor Bart Hildreth)

Standard & Poor's new report on Kansas (January 15, 2002)
2001 State Debt Medians
Moody's Analysis of Kansas
Standard & Poor's Analysis of Kansas
State Indebtedness, 1992-2001
Fitch on KDFA's Crumbling Classroom Bonds (2001)
Debt Service Section from FY2003 Budget Document

State General Fund Revenues (Professor John Wong)

Governor's Tax Review Committee Report(1998)   [MS-Word version]
Official Consensus Revenue Estimates for April 2001 and December 2001
Kansas Tax Facts, 7th Edition (December 2000)
State General Fund (SGF) Receipts, July through January FY 2002 (posted 2-5-02)
Monthly State Sales Tax  Reports (scroll down to near the bottom of the long page)

Children's Initiatives Fund/Gaming Revenues Fund/State Water Plan Fund (Professor Ed Flentje)

Gaming Revenues Fund and Economic Development Initiatives Fund:  FY 1992, FY 1999-2003
PERFORMANCE AUDIT REPORT Expanded Gaming:  Reviewing the Reliability of Estimate of Potential Revenues that Might Accrue to the State from Allowing Slot Machines at Race Tracks
State Water Plan Fund: Revenues FY 1993, 1996, 2002 and Expenditures FY 1993, 1999-2003
Children's Initiatives Fund Expenditures FY 2000-2003
Governor's Budget Report 2003

Elementary and Secondary Education (Professor Nancy McCarthy Snyder)

Selected Kansas School Finance Indicators.

Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (Professor Nancy McCarthy Snyder)

2002-2003 Business Plan for SRS
Review of Consensus Caseloads for SRS
2002 Finger Tip Facts for SRS
Policy Options Discussion Guide for SRS
SRS Expenditures and Percent Change: FY 1994 - FY 2003

State Aid to Cities and Counties (Professor Ed Flentje)

State Collected Taxes Allocated To Or Shared With Local Units of Government, FY 1930-FY2000
State Collected Taxes Allocated To Or Shared With Local Units of Government, FY 1996-FY2001

Kansas Department of Transportation ( Professor Bart Hildreth)

STATE INITIATIVES IN TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT: THE EVOLUTION FROM ANTI-DEBT TO DEBT FINANCED PROGRAMS IN KANSAS" (Hildreth and Flentje, NTA 1999)
Department of Transportation Expenditures and Percent of Change: FY 1994 - FY 2003
KDOT Annual Report

Post-secondary Education (Professor Ed Flentje)

Mary P. McKeowm-Moak, "Financing Higher Education in the New Century" (State Higher Education Executive Officers)
Center for Higher Education and Educational Finance, Illinois State University, "Grapevine: A National Database for Tax Support of Higher Education"
"Kansas"
"50 State Summary Table"
"Appropriations of State Tax Funds for Operating Expenses of Higher Education for Fiscal Years 1996-97 through 2001-02, with Annual Average Five-Year Percentage Change"
"State Rankings on 1-Year, 2-Year, and 10-Year Changes in State Appropriations, FY02"
"Rankings of States on Appropriations of State Tax Funds for Operating Expenses of Higher Education per $1,000 Personal Income and per Capita, FY 2002"
"Ranking of the States on Appropriations for State and Local Tax Funds for Operational Expenses of Higher Education per Capita and per $1,000 Personal Income, FY01" 
"State and Local Appropriations of Tax Funds for Operating Expenses of Higher Education for FY01"
SENATE BILL 345 FUNDING PLAN FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, WASHBURN UNIVERSITY AND STATE UNIVERSITIES
KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS SB 345 FUNDING REQUEST - FY 2003
UNIFIED OPERATING BUDGET REQUEST FOR HIGHER EDUCATION  FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS*
Total Operating Expenditures-Revenues [1].AllRegentsUniversities.fy1991-2000

Kansas Department of Corrections (Dr. Glenn Fisher)

Department of Corrections Expenditures and Percent of Change: FY 1994 - FY 2003
Correctional Facilities Expenditures and Percent of Change: FY 1994 - FY 2003
2002 Corrections Briefing Report

Kansas Department of Health and Environment

State Hospitals

Agricultural and Natural Resource Agencies

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