Results of SurveyUSA Mkt Research Study #20005

500 adults from the entire state of Kansas were interviewed by SurveyUSA 10/23/12 through 10/25/12, exclusively for the Kansas Policy Institute. This research was conducted using blended sample, mixed mode. Respondents reachable on a home telephone (67% of adults) were interviewed on their home telephone in the recorded voice of a professional announcer. Respondents not reachable on a home telephone (33% of adults) were shown a questionnaire on their smartphone, tablet, or other electronic device.

1	How much state funding do you think Kansas school districts currently receive per pupil each year from JUST the state of Kansas? Less than $4,000 per pupil? Between $4,000 and $5,000? Between $5,000 and $6,000? Or more than $6,000 per pupil?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Cell Phone / Lan		Party Affiliation			Ideology			Employee?		Education			Income			Region
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	Cell Pho	Landline	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Yes	No	High Sch	Some Col	4-year C	< $40K	$40K - $	> $80K	Western	Wichita	Kansas C	Eastern
<$4,000	44%	37%	51%	41%	46%	49%	39%	43%	45%	39%	46%	43%	54%	44%	38%	54%	51%	50%	43%	54%	50%	33%	45%	48%	34%	33%	45%	47%	44%
4,000-$5,000	25%	28%	23%	30%	23%	22%	26%	27%	23%	24%	26%	28%	25%	24%	28%	24%	31%	16%	27%	23%	23%	29%	29%	23%	26%	24%	23%	20%	31%
5,000-$6,000	10%	11%	9%	8%	7%	11%	15%	8%	13%	9%	10%	10%	11%	10%	13%	7%	11%	8%	10%	7%	7%	14%	7%	8%	18%	9%	12%	9%	10%
>$6,000	13%	15%	10%	7%	16%	16%	14%	11%	15%	11%	14%	14%	8%	22%	20%	12%	7%	23%	11%	7%	13%	15%	10%	13%	15%	29%	9%	15%	8%
Not Sure	8%	9%	7%	14%	8%	2%	6%	11%	4%	17%	3%	4%	2%	0%	1%	2%	0%	2%	9%	9%	7%	8%	9%	7%	8%	4%	11%	10%	7%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	49%	51%	31%	24%	27%	18%	55%	45%	33%	67%	43%	29%	27%	43%	40%	12%	13%	86%	22%	35%	43%	37%	40%	23%	11%	18%	27%	44%

2	How much funding per pupil do you think Kansas school districts currently receive from ALL taxpayer sources per year, including State, Federal and Local taxpayers? Less than $6,000 per pupil? Between $6,000 and $9,000? Between $9,000 and $12,000? Or more than $12,000 per pupil?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Cell Phone / Lan		Party Affiliation			Ideology			Employee?		Education			Income			Region
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	Cell Pho	Landline	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Yes	No	High Sch	Some Col	4-year C	< $40K	$40K - $	> $80K	Western	Wichita	Kansas C	Eastern
<$6,000	39%	33%	45%	30%	41%	47%	40%	35%	44%	36%	41%	41%	51%	31%	36%	45%	49%	47%	38%	43%	44%	32%	40%	43%	30%	31%	44%	33%	43%
$6,000-$9,000	32%	35%	30%	39%	25%	27%	39%	33%	32%	29%	34%	35%	34%	32%	35%	34%	33%	25%	34%	33%	27%	37%	36%	27%	39%	27%	28%	37%	33%
$9,000-$12,000	14%	18%	11%	12%	15%	17%	12%	14%	15%	10%	16%	14%	10%	29%	17%	18%	15%	16%	14%	13%	12%	17%	14%	13%	15%	18%	14%	14%	13%
>$12,000	7%	8%	5%	6%	9%	5%	6%	7%	5%	8%	6%	7%	6%	7%	12%	2%	3%	10%	6%	2%	11%	5%	4%	9%	7%	22%	2%	7%	4%
Not Sure	8%	7%	9%	12%	9%	4%	4%	11%	4%	17%	3%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%	9%	9%	6%	9%	7%	8%	9%	2%	12%	8%	7%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	49%	51%	31%	24%	27%	18%	55%	45%	33%	67%	43%	29%	27%	43%	40%	12%	13%	86%	22%	35%	43%	37%	40%	23%	11%	18%	27%	44%

3	Over the last 5 years, do you think per-pupil school district funding from the State, Federal Government and local property taxes has gone down by more than 10%? Has remained about the same? Has gone up by less than 5%? Or has gone up by about 10%?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Cell Phone / Lan		Party Affiliation			Ideology			Employee?		Education			Income			Region
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	Cell Pho	Landline	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Yes	No	High Sch	Some Col	4-year C	< $40K	$40K - $	> $80K	Western	Wichita	Kansas C	Eastern
Down By 10%	39%	35%	42%	40%	48%	36%	28%	44%	33%	47%	35%	27%	39%	42%	23%	40%	63%	48%	38%	35%	40%	39%	41%	41%	33%	36%	47%	35%	39%
Remained Same	22%	24%	19%	18%	27%	21%	22%	22%	21%	20%	22%	29%	19%	17%	21%	21%	33%	18%	22%	21%	22%	22%	23%	18%	26%	14%	25%	18%	24%
Up By Less Than 5%	19%	20%	19%	16%	16%	24%	23%	16%	23%	14%	22%	23%	25%	19%	27%	25%	2%	18%	19%	20%	17%	20%	15%	22%	20%	22%	15%	21%	19%
Up By 10%	15%	16%	13%	14%	7%	17%	24%	11%	19%	8%	18%	19%	17%	21%	27%	15%	3%	15%	14%	17%	15%	13%	16%	13%	16%	28%	5%	17%	14%
Not Sure	6%	5%	6%	12%	3%	3%	3%	8%	3%	11%	3%	2%	0%	1%	1%	0%	0%	1%	6%	7%	6%	5%	5%	7%	5%	0%	8%	9%	4%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	49%	51%	31%	24%	27%	18%	55%	45%	33%	67%	43%	29%	27%	43%	40%	12%	13%	86%	22%	35%	43%	37%	40%	23%	11%	18%	27%	44%

4

Many school districts have used some of their state and local tax dollars to increase their cash reserves. Since 2005, how much do you think Kansas school districts have increased their cash reserves? Less than $50 million? Between $50 and $250 million? Between $250 and $400 million? Or more than $400 million?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Cell Phone / Lan		Party Affiliation			Ideology			Employee?		Education			Income			Region
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	Cell Pho	Landline	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Yes	No	High Sch	Some Col	4-year C	< $40K	$40K - $	> $80K	Western	Wichita	Kansas C	Eastern
<$50 Million	47%	41%	52%	39%	51%	50%	47%	45%	49%	38%	51%	44%	53%	55%	44%	55%	58%	51%	46%	49%	46%	45%	49%	48%	39%	42%	60%	40%	46%
$50-$250 Million	28%	29%	27%	29%	21%	27%	35%	26%	30%	24%	30%	37%	29%	28%	36%	32%	19%	29%	28%	26%	30%	27%	25%	29%	30%	29%	22%	29%	29%
$250-$400 Million	9%	10%	7%	7%	10%	11%	7%	8%	9%	9%	8%	5%	14%	10%	8%	7%	21%	11%	8%	6%	5%	13%	8%	6%	14%	10%	7%	10%	8%
>$400 Million	3%	6%	1%	2%	3%	5%	2%	3%	4%	1%	4%	7%	2%	4%	8%	2%	3%	3%	3%	2%	4%	3%	2%	2%	7%	3%	1%	3%	4%
Not Sure	14%	14%	14%	22%	15%	6%	9%	19%	7%	28%	7%	6%	2%	3%	4%	4%	0%	6%	15%	18%	15%	11%	15%	16%	10%	16%	12%	18%	12%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	49%	51%	31%	24%	27%	18%	55%	45%	33%	67%	43%	29%	27%	43%	40%	12%	13%	86%	22%	35%	43%	37%	40%	23%	11%	18%	27%	44%

5

Hypothetically speaking, if total taxpayer support of Kansas public schools was up more than10% from 5 years ago and school districts had also used more than $400 million of state and local taxes to increase cash reserves, how much would you agree or disagree with the following statement: I would personally be willing to pay higher taxes to give more money to local school districts.

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Cell Phone / Lan		Party Affiliation			Ideology			Employee?		Education			Income			Region
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	Cell Pho	Landline	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Yes	No	High Sch	Some Col	4-year C	< $40K	$40K - $	> $80K	Western	Wichita	Kansas C	Eastern
Strongly Agree	16%	14%	19%	15%	22%	12%	18%	18%	14%	14%	18%	13%	27%	19%	8%	22%	50%	29%	14%	14%	16%	18%	13%	15%	25%	18%	12%	16%	18%
Somewhat Agree	31%	28%	33%	49%	26%	22%	18%	39%	21%	49%	22%	21%	21%	20%	14%	28%	21%	29%	31%	33%	33%	27%	36%	35%	16%	32%	28%	29%	33%
Somewhat Disagree	22%	22%	21%	14%	16%	29%	34%	15%	31%	13%	26%	21%	28%	32%	24%	29%	17%	14%	23%	27%	17%	22%	23%	20%	19%	20%	30%	16%	22%
Strongly Disagree	25%	31%	18%	15%	28%	32%	27%	20%	30%	13%	30%	40%	21%	26%	51%	17%	7%	20%	25%	20%	27%	25%	21%	25%	30%	27%	23%	28%	22%
Not Sure	7%	4%	9%	8%	9%	5%	3%	8%	4%	11%	4%	6%	2%	3%	4%	3%	5%	9%	6%	6%	7%	7%	6%	5%	10%	3%	7%	10%	5%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	49%	51%	31%	24%	27%	18%	55%	45%	33%	67%	43%	29%	27%	43%	40%	12%	13%	86%	22%	35%	43%	37%	40%	23%	11%	18%	27%	44%

6

Again, hypothetically speaking, if total taxpayer support of Kansas public schools was up more than 10% from 5 years ago and school districts had also used more than $400 million of state and local taxes to increase cash reserves, how much would you agree or disagree with this statement: Funding for other state agencies should be reduced in order to give more money to local school districts.

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Cell Phone / Lan		Party Affiliation			Ideology			Employee?		Education			Income			Region
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	Cell Pho	Landline	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Yes	No	High Sch	Some Col	4-year C	< $40K	$40K - $	> $80K	Western	Wichita	Kansas C	Eastern
Strongly Agree	19%	14%	23%	17%	20%	21%	17%	18%	19%	21%	17%	14%	26%	10%	13%	17%	33%	23%	18%	24%	21%	14%	23%	20%	12%	13%	23%	14%	21%
Somewhat Agree	30%	28%	32%	36%	29%	26%	29%	33%	27%	40%	26%	28%	29%	18%	26%	26%	19%	30%	31%	31%	33%	28%	30%	32%	28%	41%	32%	27%	29%
Somewhat Disagree	25%	25%	26%	22%	27%	27%	27%	24%	27%	20%	28%	30%	23%	31%	24%	32%	27%	24%	26%	19%	25%	29%	23%	24%	29%	29%	14%	30%	26%
Strongly Disagree	19%	26%	12%	15%	18%	22%	23%	16%	23%	11%	23%	22%	20%	30%	31%	18%	16%	20%	19%	19%	13%	24%	17%	19%	23%	16%	19%	20%	19%
Not Sure	7%	8%	6%	10%	7%	4%	4%	9%	4%	8%	6%	6%	2%	11%	5%	7%	5%	3%	7%	7%	8%	5%	7%	6%	8%	1%	11%	8%	5%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	49%	51%	31%	24%	27%	18%	55%	45%	33%	67%	43%	29%	27%	43%	40%	12%	13%	86%	22%	35%	43%	37%	40%	23%	11%	18%	27%	44%

7

In Kansas, per-pupil spending outside of the classroom -on administration, building operations, transportation, and food service - varies among school districts, from a low of about $2,000 per-pupil to nearly $13,000 per-pupil. Thinking now just about these outside-the-classroom costs, how much do you agree or disagree with this statement: To make more money available for classroom instruction, school districts should combine some outside-the-classroom functions with other districts.

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Cell Phone / Lan		Party Affiliation			Ideology			Employee?		Education			Income			Region
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	Cell Pho	Landline	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Yes	No	High Sch	Some Col	4-year C	< $40K	$40K - $	> $80K	Western	Wichita	Kansas C	Eastern
Strongly Agree	26%	28%	24%	28%	31%	21%	22%	30%	21%	27%	25%	33%	14%	20%	31%	17%	24%	25%	26%	23%	29%	24%	23%	24%	33%	17%	28%	22%	29%
Somewhat Agree	39%	37%	41%	44%	32%	42%	36%	39%	40%	48%	35%	29%	41%	37%	27%	45%	28%	35%	40%	38%	33%	45%	41%	39%	34%	35%	35%	41%	41%
Somewhat Disagree	15%	12%	18%	11%	16%	12%	23%	13%	16%	10%	17%	19%	17%	20%	23%	14%	17%	16%	15%	19%	15%	13%	14%	18%	11%	20%	9%	14%	16%
Strongly Disagree	13%	15%	12%	5%	15%	20%	16%	9%	18%	1%	19%	14%	27%	19%	15%	21%	31%	25%	11%	12%	15%	12%	13%	12%	16%	23%	16%	15%	9%
Not Sure	7%	8%	5%	12%	6%	4%	4%	9%	4%	14%	3%	4%	1%	4%	4%	3%	0%	0%	8%	8%	8%	5%	8%	7%	5%	5%	12%	7%	5%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	49%	51%	31%	24%	27%	18%	55%	45%	33%	67%	43%	29%	27%	43%	40%	12%	13%	86%	22%	35%	43%	37%	40%	23%	11%	18%	27%	44%

8	How much do you agree or disagree with this statement: Kansas state government operates pretty efficiently and makes effective use of my tax dollars.

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Cell Phone / Lan		Party Affiliation			Ideology			Employee?		Education			Income			Region
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	Cell Pho	Landline	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Yes	No	High Sch	Some Col	4-year C	< $40K	$40K - $	> $80K	Western	Wichita	Kansas C	Eastern
Strongly Agree	9%	9%	9%	10%	6%	10%	9%	9%	9%	11%	8%	10%	11%	4%	8%	5%	23%	12%	9%	10%	10%	8%	13%	7%	8%	18%	6%	5%	10%
Somewhat Agree	28%	24%	31%	27%	25%	28%	32%	26%	30%	31%	26%	32%	22%	22%	30%	23%	24%	35%	27%	30%	26%	28%	21%	35%	27%	30%	24%	30%	27%
Somewhat Disagree	33%	36%	30%	37%	29%	31%	34%	34%	32%	34%	32%	30%	35%	26%	30%	34%	20%	32%	33%	35%	31%	33%	36%	30%	33%	31%	31%	28%	37%
Strongly Disagree	26%	28%	25%	20%	35%	29%	22%	27%	26%	17%	31%	26%	29%	43%	31%	33%	33%	20%	27%	20%	30%	26%	25%	24%	29%	21%	33%	29%	23%
Not Sure	4%	4%	4%	6%	4%	3%	3%	5%	3%	7%	3%	1%	3%	5%	1%	5%	0%	0%	5%	5%	4%	4%	5%	4%	3%	0%	5%	7%	3%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	49%	51%	31%	24%	27%	18%	55%	45%	33%	67%	43%	29%	27%	43%	40%	12%	13%	86%	22%	35%	43%	37%	40%	23%	11%	18%	27%	44%

9

Kansas General Fund spending in 2012 was about $1.5 billion more than in 2005, or about 31% more. According to 2012 estimates, Kansas spent more per-resident than 31 other states and 26% more per-resident than the states with no income tax. Should Kansas General Fund spending be increased? Decreased? Or remain the same

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Cell Phone / Lan		Party Affiliation			Ideology			Employee?		Education			Income			Region
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	Cell Pho	Landline	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Yes	No	High Sch	Some Col	4-year C	< $40K	$40K - $	> $80K	Western	Wichita	Kansas C	Eastern
Increased	20%	19%	21%	21%	23%	18%	17%	22%	18%	25%	18%	15%	21%	14%	8%	16%	48%	26%	19%	18%	23%	19%	17%	22%	24%	32%	21%	22%	15%
Decreased	43%	49%	38%	36%	43%	52%	43%	39%	48%	38%	46%	50%	37%	46%	61%	35%	21%	36%	44%	41%	47%	40%	40%	45%	45%	40%	46%	43%	43%
Remain The Same	28%	26%	30%	31%	23%	27%	32%	27%	29%	25%	29%	33%	31%	26%	25%	38%	26%	30%	28%	29%	23%	31%	33%	25%	28%	24%	22%	21%	36%
Not Sure	9%	7%	11%	12%	11%	4%	8%	12%	5%	12%	7%	3%	11%	14%	6%	11%	5%	8%	9%	12%	7%	9%	11%	9%	4%	5%	11%	14%	6%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	49%	51%	31%	24%	27%	18%	55%	45%	33%	67%	43%	29%	27%	43%	40%	12%	13%	86%	22%	35%	43%	37%	40%	23%	11%	18%	27%	44%

10	How much do you agree or disagree with this statement: Kansas state government could run 5% to 10% more efficiently than it does now.

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Cell Phone / Lan		Party Affiliation			Ideology			Employee?		Education			Income			Region
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	Cell Pho	Landline	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Yes	No	High Sch	Some Col	4-year C	< $40K	$40K - $	> $80K	Western	Wichita	Kansas C	Eastern
Strongly Agree	51%	55%	48%	48%	57%	56%	44%	52%	51%	49%	53%	63%	41%	56%	65%	50%	33%	44%	53%	51%	58%	46%	47%	55%	52%	59%	61%	46%	49%
Somewhat Agree	32%	29%	35%	38%	26%	28%	36%	32%	31%	38%	29%	24%	38%	20%	20%	32%	37%	38%	31%	33%	23%	39%	33%	33%	29%	35%	26%	34%	32%
Somewhat Disagree	8%	8%	8%	9%	4%	7%	13%	7%	10%	8%	8%	8%	9%	7%	7%	8%	8%	9%	8%	7%	11%	6%	11%	6%	7%	5%	7%	7%	9%
Strongly Disagree	3%	4%	3%	2%	5%	3%	3%	3%	3%	0%	5%	2%	8%	5%	5%	2%	12%	4%	3%	3%	4%	3%	3%	2%	5%	0%	2%	5%	3%
Not Sure	5%	5%	5%	4%	8%	5%	4%	6%	5%	5%	6%	3%	5%	11%	2%	8%	11%	5%	5%	6%	4%	6%	5%	3%	7%	1%	3%	7%	6%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	49%	51%	31%	24%	27%	18%	55%	45%	33%	67%	43%	29%	27%	43%	40%	12%	13%	86%	22%	35%	43%	37%	40%	23%	11%	18%	27%	44%

11	Property taxes increased 99% between 1997 and 2011, nearly 3 times the rate of inflation. What is most to blame for that increase? Over or inefficient spending by cities, counties and school districts? Improvements in services? Unfunded mandates? Or other circumstances beyond their control?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Cell Phone / Lan		Party Affiliation			Ideology			Employee?		Education			Income			Region
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	Cell Pho	Landline	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Yes	No	High Sch	Some Col	4-year C	< $40K	$40K - $	> $80K	Western	Wichita	Kansas C	Eastern
Inefficient Spending	51%	52%	50%	48%	52%	51%	57%	50%	53%	48%	53%	63%	47%	45%	68%	46%	25%	45%	52%	56%	55%	46%	54%	50%	47%	51%	54%	50%	51%
Improvements In Services	12%	8%	15%	13%	15%	10%	6%	14%	9%	16%	10%	6%	14%	6%	4%	14%	7%	25%	10%	13%	10%	12%	9%	15%	10%	24%	13%	9%	10%
Unfunded Mandates	14%	16%	13%	9%	11%	20%	20%	10%	20%	7%	18%	18%	14%	27%	19%	21%	15%	8%	15%	13%	11%	18%	12%	14%	18%	18%	15%	17%	12%
Other Circumstances	11%	15%	7%	13%	12%	9%	9%	13%	9%	10%	12%	6%	13%	17%	3%	13%	28%	10%	11%	6%	14%	11%	12%	10%	13%	1%	11%	10%	14%
Not Sure	12%	9%	15%	17%	10%	10%	8%	14%	9%	19%	8%	8%	12%	5%	6%	6%	24%	13%	11%	12%	10%	13%	13%	10%	13%	7%	7%	15%	13%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	49%	51%	31%	24%	27%	18%	55%	45%	33%	67%	43%	29%	27%	43%	40%	12%	13%	86%	22%	35%	43%	37%	40%	23%	11%	18%	27%	44%

12	Are property taxes too high? Too low? Or about right?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Cell Phone / Lan		Party Affiliation			Ideology			Employee?		Education			Income			Region
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.1%		Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	Cell Pho	Landline	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Yes	No	High Sch	Some Col	4-year C	< $40K	$40K - $	> $80K	Western	Wichita	Kansas C	Eastern
Too High	69%	70%	67%	57%	78%	74%	70%	66%	72%	68%	69%	78%	64%	66%	84%	64%	44%	59%	70%	75%	71%	63%	70%	67%	68%	67%	72%	69%	68%
Too Low	3%	4%	3%	3%	3%	3%	5%	3%	4%	3%	4%	2%	7%	2%	3%	2%	8%	4%	3%	2%	3%	4%	3%	4%	3%	3%	5%	2%	4%
Just About Right	22%	21%	22%	28%	14%	21%	24%	22%	22%	21%	22%	19%	26%	21%	12%	25%	44%	35%	20%	15%	19%	29%	22%	22%	24%	28%	19%	19%	23%
Not Sure	6%	5%	7%	12%	5%	2%	1%	9%	2%	7%	5%	2%	4%	10%	1%	9%	4%	2%	6%	8%	7%	4%	5%	7%	6%	1%	4%	11%	5%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	49%	51%	31%	24%	27%	18%	55%	45%	33%	67%	43%	29%	27%	43%	40%	12%	13%	86%	22%	35%	43%	37%	40%	23%	11%	18%	27%	44%

13

What should first be done in order to lower property taxes? Cities, counties and school districts should provide the same services at lower costs? Cities, counties and school districts should eliminate non-essential services? State government should reduce spending on other services to give more money to cities, counties and school districts? State government should raise taxes to give more money to cities, counties and school districts? Or something else?

344 Who Think Property Taxes Are Too High	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Cell Phone / Lan		Party Affiliation			Ideology			Employee?		Education			Income			Region
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 5.4%		Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	Cell Pho	Landline	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal	Yes	No	High Sch	Some Col	4-year C	< $40K	$40K - $	> $80K	Western	Wichita	Kansas C	Eastern
Same Services At Lower Costs	21%	23%	20%	14%	26%	18%	30%	20%	23%	14%	25%	25%	30%	25%	28%	17%	55%	17%	22%	26%	20%	20%	23%	22%	20%	26%	15%	27%	19%
Eliminate Non-essential Services	36%	36%	37%	30%	28%	45%	43%	29%	44%	31%	39%	49%	30%	27%	43%	37%	18%	38%	36%	37%	38%	35%	31%	43%	35%	27%	46%	28%	40%
Reduce Spending On Other Services	22%	21%	23%	31%	21%	21%	12%	26%	18%	33%	17%	12%	28%	13%	12%	22%	17%	13%	23%	14%	22%	27%	21%	18%	31%	25%	14%	32%	19%
Raise Taxes	5%	4%	6%	6%	4%	4%	5%	5%	4%	2%	6%	3%	4%	13%	3%	12%	0%	11%	4%	9%	2%	5%	7%	4%	3%	4%	8%	5%	4%
Other	10%	11%	8%	8%	14%	7%	9%	11%	8%	8%	11%	9%	8%	17%	14%	6%	10%	20%	9%	11%	12%	5%	11%	8%	8%	15%	9%	2%	13%
Not Sure	6%	6%	6%	11%	6%	4%	1%	8%	3%	14%	2%	2%	0%	6%	1%	6%	0%	0%	7%	3%	7%	7%	8%	4%	2%	3%	9%	7%	5%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Who Think Property Taxes Are Too High	100%	50%	50%	26%	27%	28%	18%	53%	47%	33%	67%	47%	26%	25%	51%	36%	7%	11%	88%	24%	36%	39%	38%	39%	23%	11%	19%	27%	43%

All Questions Crosstabbed By All Questions

1	How much state funding do you think Kansas school districts currently receive per pupil each year from JUST the state of Kansas? Less than $4,000 per pupil? Between $4,000 and $5,000? Between $5,000 and $6,000? Or more than $6,000 per pupil?

500 Adults	All	KS Funding Per Pupil					Funding All Sources					Funding Over Last 5 Yrs					Increased Reserves					Pay Higher Taxes Statement					Reduce Agency Funding Statement					Combine Statement					Operates Efficiently Statement					General Fund Spending				Could Run Better Statement					Blame For Increase					Property Taxes				To Lower Property Taxes
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		<$4,000	4,000-$5	5,000-$6	>$6,000	Not Sure	<$6,000	$6,000-$	$9,000-$	>$12,000	Not Sure	Down By	Remained	Up By Le	Up By 10	Not Sure	<$50 Mil	$50-$250	$250-$40	>$400 Mi	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Increase	Decrease	Remain T	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Ineffici	Improvem	Unfunded	Other Ci	Not Sure	Too High	Too Low	Just Abo	Not Sure	Same Ser	Eliminat	Reduce S	Raise Ta	Other	Not Sure
<$4,000	44%	-	-	-	-	-	74%	37%	10%	15%	7%	56%	45%	37%	27%	24%	47%	51%	30%	27%	31%	45%	48%	41%	36%	61%	54%	43%	41%	40%	43%	44%	44%	51%	41%	30%	32%	41%	43%	51%	47%	50%	40%	44%	47%	47%	40%	41%	58%	31%	48%	39%	43%	32%	43%	44%	62%	33%	71%	44%	45%	50%	47%	42%	21%
4,000-$5,000	25%	-	-	-	-	-	20%	41%	26%	4%	6%	27%	29%	29%	15%	18%	35%	24%	23%	6%	5%	29%	25%	34%	22%	4%	25%	24%	34%	19%	22%	23%	28%	25%	27%	17%	25%	30%	28%	19%	13%	23%	25%	35%	7%	24%	28%	36%	14%	10%	23%	20%	29%	46%	18%	24%	19%	33%	14%	26%	23%	25%	27%	24%	26%
5,000-$6,000	10%	-	-	-	-	-	2%	14%	23%	9%	10%	7%	3%	13%	22%	11%	6%	11%	23%	24%	9%	12%	6%	10%	15%	2%	8%	11%	9%	13%	4%	12%	8%	11%	11%	8%	14%	14%	6%	10%	0%	7%	12%	10%	8%	10%	9%	11%	22%	6%	10%	6%	11%	6%	15%	11%	13%	7%	0%	8%	12%	13%	12%	15%	8%
>$6,000	13%	-	-	-	-	-	1%	8%	36%	71%	0%	4%	12%	20%	31%	0%	9%	12%	21%	42%	15%	7%	12%	10%	22%	2%	7%	12%	12%	22%	6%	15%	11%	9%	20%	3%	23%	8%	13%	15%	6%	14%	16%	7%	12%	14%	11%	3%	6%	24%	13%	29%	10%	6%	3%	13%	4%	16%	2%	19%	14%	3%	14%	17%	14%
Not Sure	8%	-	-	-	-	-	3%	1%	4%	2%	77%	6%	10%	2%	4%	46%	3%	3%	4%	0%	40%	7%	8%	6%	5%	31%	5%	11%	3%	6%	26%	5%	8%	3%	1%	42%	6%	6%	9%	6%	34%	6%	7%	5%	26%	5%	11%	9%	0%	29%	6%	7%	6%	11%	20%	7%	2%	11%	12%	4%	6%	9%	0%	2%	31%
Total	100%						100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%						39%	32%	14%	7%	8%	39%	22%	19%	15%	6%	47%	28%	9%	3%	14%	16%	31%	22%	25%	7%	19%	30%	25%	19%	7%	26%	39%	15%	13%	7%	9%	28%	33%	26%	4%	20%	43%	28%	9%	51%	32%	8%	3%	5%	51%	12%	14%	11%	12%	69%	3%	22%	6%	21%	36%	22%	5%	10%	6%

2	How much funding per pupil do you think Kansas school districts currently receive from ALL taxpayer sources per year, including State, Federal and Local taxpayers? Less than $6,000 per pupil? Between $6,000 and $9,000? Between $9,000 and $12,000? Or more than $12,000 per pupil?

500 Adults	All	KS Funding Per Pupil					Funding All Sources					Funding Over Last 5 Yrs					Increased Reserves					Pay Higher Taxes Statement					Reduce Agency Funding Statement					Combine Statement					Operates Efficiently Statement					General Fund Spending				Could Run Better Statement					Blame For Increase					Property Taxes				To Lower Property Taxes
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		<$4,000	4,000-$5	5,000-$6	>$6,000	Not Sure	<$6,000	$6,000-$	$9,000-$	>$12,000	Not Sure	Down By	Remained	Up By Le	Up By 10	Not Sure	<$50 Mil	$50-$250	$250-$40	>$400 Mi	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Increase	Decrease	Remain T	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Ineffici	Improvem	Unfunded	Other Ci	Not Sure	Too High	Too Low	Just Abo	Not Sure	Same Ser	Eliminat	Reduce S	Raise Ta	Other	Not Sure
<$6,000	39%	66%	31%	8%	3%	13%	-	-	-	-	-	56%	44%	18%	24%	20%	49%	36%	31%	33%	20%	49%	43%	30%	34%	47%	65%	37%	32%	24%	43%	34%	39%	43%	44%	40%	33%	40%	35%	43%	51%	46%	33%	41%	45%	42%	37%	48%	15%	29%	42%	36%	37%	31%	42%	40%	43%	33%	54%	43%	39%	51%	17%	37%	12%
$6,000-$9,000	32%	27%	51%	45%	20%	3%	-	-	-	-	-	23%	37%	50%	33%	14%	32%	43%	28%	6%	19%	23%	32%	49%	29%	12%	15%	39%	41%	34%	11%	38%	36%	35%	22%	7%	38%	34%	34%	30%	12%	31%	31%	40%	17%	30%	38%	36%	22%	16%	30%	29%	42%	46%	21%	32%	19%	35%	31%	25%	34%	30%	58%	36%	28%
$9,000-$12,000	14%	3%	15%	33%	40%	8%	-	-	-	-	-	10%	8%	25%	21%	10%	11%	16%	24%	33%	9%	19%	11%	11%	20%	6%	10%	7%	19%	22%	17%	15%	13%	13%	18%	10%	11%	15%	12%	17%	10%	5%	20%	11%	19%	15%	10%	8%	44%	26%	17%	14%	15%	9%	7%	15%	19%	13%	9%	19%	15%	9%	14%	12%	21%
>$12,000	7%	2%	1%	6%	37%	1%	-	-	-	-	-	4%	4%	7%	19%	2%	5%	4%	11%	28%	11%	2%	5%	5%	13%	5%	2%	6%	4%	16%	5%	7%	5%	5%	13%	6%	14%	4%	7%	7%	0%	11%	10%	1%	0%	9%	4%	0%	19%	0%	7%	14%	1%	4%	5%	6%	9%	8%	0%	11%	7%	1%	0%	13%	3%
Not Sure	8%	1%	2%	8%	0%	75%	-	-	-	-	-	7%	7%	0%	3%	54%	3%	1%	6%	0%	41%	7%	8%	5%	4%	31%	8%	10%	4%	3%	24%	6%	7%	3%	4%	36%	4%	7%	12%	2%	28%	7%	6%	7%	19%	4%	11%	8%	0%	29%	4%	7%	6%	10%	25%	7%	9%	11%	5%	1%	5%	9%	11%	2%	37%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%						100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	44%	25%	10%	13%	8%						39%	22%	19%	15%	6%	47%	28%	9%	3%	14%	16%	31%	22%	25%	7%	19%	30%	25%	19%	7%	26%	39%	15%	13%	7%	9%	28%	33%	26%	4%	20%	43%	28%	9%	51%	32%	8%	3%	5%	51%	12%	14%	11%	12%	69%	3%	22%	6%	21%	36%	22%	5%	10%	6%

3	Over the last 5 years, do you think per-pupil school district funding from the State, Federal Government and local property taxes has gone down by more than 10%? Has remained about the same? Has gone up by less than 5%? Or has gone up by about 10%?

500 Adults	All	KS Funding Per Pupil					Funding All Sources					Funding Over Last 5 Yrs					Increased Reserves					Pay Higher Taxes Statement					Reduce Agency Funding Statement					Combine Statement					Operates Efficiently Statement					General Fund Spending				Could Run Better Statement					Blame For Increase					Property Taxes				To Lower Property Taxes
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		<$4,000	4,000-$5	5,000-$6	>$6,000	Not Sure	<$6,000	$6,000-$	$9,000-$	>$12,000	Not Sure	Down By	Remained	Up By Le	Up By 10	Not Sure	<$50 Mil	$50-$250	$250-$40	>$400 Mi	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Increase	Decrease	Remain T	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Ineffici	Improvem	Unfunded	Other Ci	Not Sure	Too High	Too Low	Just Abo	Not Sure	Same Ser	Eliminat	Reduce S	Raise Ta	Other	Not Sure
Down By 10%	39%	49%	40%	29%	14%	28%	55%	28%	28%	21%	36%	-	-	-	-	-	51%	30%	30%	9%	27%	66%	45%	29%	25%	26%	64%	34%	34%	30%	32%	43%	34%	38%	46%	40%	37%	37%	45%	36%	33%	51%	32%	39%	46%	40%	39%	30%	53%	31%	38%	40%	38%	34%	48%	38%	68%	38%	39%	27%	32%	50%	38%	48%	46%
Remained Same	22%	22%	25%	7%	21%	27%	24%	25%	12%	14%	20%	-	-	-	-	-	20%	21%	38%	8%	20%	18%	23%	23%	18%	36%	7%	26%	29%	19%	23%	18%	22%	26%	21%	26%	20%	23%	16%	28%	22%	19%	20%	28%	16%	20%	21%	36%	21%	22%	20%	17%	27%	35%	14%	20%	20%	27%	20%	23%	23%	14%	22%	12%	21%
Up By Less Than 5%	19%	16%	22%	25%	30%	4%	9%	30%	34%	20%	0%	-	-	-	-	-	18%	30%	15%	10%	6%	9%	19%	29%	21%	6%	16%	20%	24%	22%	2%	19%	23%	20%	16%	6%	12%	24%	23%	14%	9%	12%	23%	19%	15%	18%	22%	16%	20%	16%	22%	20%	19%	8%	17%	20%	9%	15%	34%	29%	16%	22%	10%	18%	14%
Up By 10%	15%	9%	9%	32%	36%	8%	9%	15%	22%	43%	5%	-	-	-	-	-	9%	17%	15%	67%	17%	5%	12%	13%	28%	2%	9%	13%	10%	29%	10%	18%	15%	13%	14%	3%	29%	11%	12%	19%	3%	13%	19%	11%	7%	20%	12%	1%	4%	7%	16%	23%	12%	7%	8%	17%	4%	11%	2%	20%	20%	8%	30%	22%	3%
Not Sure	6%	3%	4%	7%	0%	34%	3%	3%	4%	2%	40%	-	-	-	-	-	1%	2%	2%	4%	30%	2%	2%	5%	7%	30%	3%	7%	4%	0%	32%	3%	6%	3%	4%	24%	1%	5%	6%	3%	34%	5%	6%	3%	16%	3%	6%	17%	2%	24%	4%	0%	3%	15%	12%	5%	0%	9%	5%	0%	9%	5%	0%	0%	16%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%						100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	44%	25%	10%	13%	8%	39%	32%	14%	7%	8%						47%	28%	9%	3%	14%	16%	31%	22%	25%	7%	19%	30%	25%	19%	7%	26%	39%	15%	13%	7%	9%	28%	33%	26%	4%	20%	43%	28%	9%	51%	32%	8%	3%	5%	51%	12%	14%	11%	12%	69%	3%	22%	6%	21%	36%	22%	5%	10%	6%

4

Many school districts have used some of their state and local tax dollars to increase their cash reserves. Since 2005, how much do you think Kansas school districts have increased their cash reserves? Less than $50 million? Between $50 and $250 million? Between $250 and $400 million? Or more than $400 million?

500 Adults	All	KS Funding Per Pupil					Funding All Sources					Funding Over Last 5 Yrs					Increased Reserves					Pay Higher Taxes Statement					Reduce Agency Funding Statement					Combine Statement					Operates Efficiently Statement					General Fund Spending				Could Run Better Statement					Blame For Increase					Property Taxes				To Lower Property Taxes
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		<$4,000	4,000-$5	5,000-$6	>$6,000	Not Sure	<$6,000	$6,000-$	$9,000-$	>$12,000	Not Sure	Down By	Remained	Up By Le	Up By 10	Not Sure	<$50 Mil	$50-$250	$250-$40	>$400 Mi	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Increase	Decrease	Remain T	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Ineffici	Improvem	Unfunded	Other Ci	Not Sure	Too High	Too Low	Just Abo	Not Sure	Same Ser	Eliminat	Reduce S	Raise Ta	Other	Not Sure
<$50 Million	47%	50%	63%	30%	34%	16%	58%	46%	37%	33%	18%	61%	44%	44%	29%	12%	-	-	-	-	-	62%	48%	51%	37%	22%	59%	46%	48%	39%	30%	45%	45%	47%	56%	41%	41%	45%	51%	47%	35%	48%	40%	60%	35%	49%	47%	40%	63%	19%	44%	55%	50%	56%	34%	45%	73%	48%	47%	36%	44%	53%	57%	62%	12%
$50-$250 Million	28%	33%	26%	30%	25%	9%	26%	37%	31%	17%	2%	22%	27%	43%	32%	12%	-	-	-	-	-	26%	27%	31%	30%	18%	22%	31%	29%	28%	26%	33%	30%	32%	17%	10%	25%	31%	29%	24%	25%	26%	34%	19%	29%	28%	24%	33%	24%	40%	31%	21%	27%	26%	21%	28%	21%	25%	37%	36%	31%	24%	21%	11%	33%
$250-$400 Million	9%	6%	8%	20%	14%	4%	7%	8%	15%	14%	6%	7%	15%	7%	9%	3%	-	-	-	-	-	8%	7%	8%	10%	15%	11%	8%	7%	11%	6%	6%	8%	12%	16%	4%	16%	9%	4%	12%	3%	13%	8%	8%	1%	8%	11%	9%	10%	3%	7%	8%	14%	4%	15%	9%	6%	11%	2%	10%	6%	9%	15%	13%	8%
>$400 Million	3%	2%	1%	8%	10%	0%	3%	1%	7%	13%	0%	1%	1%	2%	14%	2%	-	-	-	-	-	1%	1%	0%	10%	2%	1%	0%	4%	8%	2%	8%	2%	2%	2%	0%	0%	2%	2%	7%	0%	1%	5%	3%	0%	5%	1%	3%	0%	0%	5%	0%	1%	2%	1%	4%	0%	1%	0%	8%	5%	3%	0%	0%	0%
Not Sure	14%	10%	2%	13%	16%	70%	7%	8%	9%	22%	73%	10%	13%	4%	16%	71%	-	-	-	-	-	4%	16%	9%	14%	44%	7%	15%	11%	14%	37%	10%	16%	6%	9%	46%	17%	13%	14%	10%	38%	12%	13%	10%	35%	10%	16%	15%	2%	39%	12%	16%	8%	12%	29%	14%	0%	16%	14%	11%	14%	11%	6%	13%	47%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%						100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	44%	25%	10%	13%	8%	39%	32%	14%	7%	8%	39%	22%	19%	15%	6%						16%	31%	22%	25%	7%	19%	30%	25%	19%	7%	26%	39%	15%	13%	7%	9%	28%	33%	26%	4%	20%	43%	28%	9%	51%	32%	8%	3%	5%	51%	12%	14%	11%	12%	69%	3%	22%	6%	21%	36%	22%	5%	10%	6%

5

Hypothetically speaking, if total taxpayer support of Kansas public schools was up more than10% from 5 years ago and school districts had also used more than $400 million of state and local taxes to increase cash reserves, how much would you agree or disagree with the following statement: I would personally be willing to pay higher taxes to give more money to local school districts.

500 Adults	All	KS Funding Per Pupil					Funding All Sources					Funding Over Last 5 Yrs					Increased Reserves					Pay Higher Taxes Statement					Reduce Agency Funding Statement					Combine Statement					Operates Efficiently Statement					General Fund Spending				Could Run Better Statement					Blame For Increase					Property Taxes				To Lower Property Taxes
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		<$4,000	4,000-$5	5,000-$6	>$6,000	Not Sure	<$6,000	$6,000-$	$9,000-$	>$12,000	Not Sure	Down By	Remained	Up By Le	Up By 10	Not Sure	<$50 Mil	$50-$250	$250-$40	>$400 Mi	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Increase	Decrease	Remain T	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Ineffici	Improvem	Unfunded	Other Ci	Not Sure	Too High	Too Low	Just Abo	Not Sure	Same Ser	Eliminat	Reduce S	Raise Ta	Other	Not Sure
Strongly Agree	16%	17%	19%	20%	9%	14%	20%	12%	22%	4%	14%	28%	14%	8%	6%	5%	22%	15%	15%	7%	4%	-	-	-	-	-	30%	15%	15%	5%	19%	18%	14%	16%	27%	4%	23%	20%	14%	14%	14%	38%	9%	12%	18%	14%	15%	20%	39%	24%	9%	21%	28%	32%	16%	11%	51%	26%	26%	10%	9%	12%	37%	11%	0%
Somewhat Agree	31%	34%	30%	19%	29%	31%	34%	31%	24%	25%	33%	36%	32%	30%	25%	11%	32%	30%	26%	9%	36%	-	-	-	-	-	41%	41%	30%	13%	12%	26%	39%	27%	17%	38%	52%	38%	32%	16%	26%	40%	24%	37%	22%	24%	45%	36%	19%	11%	26%	49%	20%	35%	43%	25%	23%	46%	42%	16%	15%	41%	46%	32%	44%
Somewhat Disagree	22%	20%	29%	22%	17%	15%	16%	33%	17%	17%	15%	16%	23%	33%	20%	20%	24%	25%	20%	0%	14%	-	-	-	-	-	10%	27%	34%	14%	4%	17%	26%	32%	15%	9%	18%	19%	29%	19%	12%	9%	26%	25%	23%	21%	22%	25%	20%	23%	22%	18%	33%	17%	15%	25%	27%	15%	11%	24%	32%	16%	13%	21%	26%
Strongly Disagree	25%	20%	21%	36%	43%	15%	21%	22%	34%	49%	12%	16%	21%	27%	48%	31%	19%	26%	27%	80%	25%	-	-	-	-	-	18%	12%	17%	62%	23%	37%	16%	20%	35%	16%	6%	22%	20%	42%	7%	9%	38%	19%	11%	35%	12%	15%	19%	13%	37%	9%	15%	9%	12%	32%	0%	8%	7%	47%	41%	22%	4%	26%	3%
Not Sure	7%	9%	1%	1%	1%	25%	8%	2%	3%	5%	26%	4%	11%	2%	1%	34%	3%	4%	11%	4%	21%	-	-	-	-	-	1%	5%	4%	6%	42%	2%	6%	5%	6%	32%	2%	1%	6%	10%	41%	5%	3%	7%	26%	5%	6%	5%	2%	29%	6%	2%	4%	7%	14%	7%	0%	5%	13%	4%	4%	9%	0%	10%	28%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%						100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	44%	25%	10%	13%	8%	39%	32%	14%	7%	8%	39%	22%	19%	15%	6%	47%	28%	9%	3%	14%						19%	30%	25%	19%	7%	26%	39%	15%	13%	7%	9%	28%	33%	26%	4%	20%	43%	28%	9%	51%	32%	8%	3%	5%	51%	12%	14%	11%	12%	69%	3%	22%	6%	21%	36%	22%	5%	10%	6%

6

Again, hypothetically speaking, if total taxpayer support of Kansas public schools was up more than 10% from 5 years ago and school districts had also used more than $400 million of state and local taxes to increase cash reserves, how much would you agree or disagree with this statement: Funding for other state agencies should be reduced in order to give more money to local school districts.

500 Adults	All	KS Funding Per Pupil					Funding All Sources					Funding Over Last 5 Yrs					Increased Reserves					Pay Higher Taxes Statement					Reduce Agency Funding Statement					Combine Statement					Operates Efficiently Statement					General Fund Spending				Could Run Better Statement					Blame For Increase					Property Taxes				To Lower Property Taxes
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		<$4,000	4,000-$5	5,000-$6	>$6,000	Not Sure	<$6,000	$6,000-$	$9,000-$	>$12,000	Not Sure	Down By	Remained	Up By Le	Up By 10	Not Sure	<$50 Mil	$50-$250	$250-$40	>$400 Mi	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Increase	Decrease	Remain T	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Ineffici	Improvem	Unfunded	Other Ci	Not Sure	Too High	Too Low	Just Abo	Not Sure	Same Ser	Eliminat	Reduce S	Raise Ta	Other	Not Sure
Strongly Agree	19%	23%	18%	16%	10%	13%	31%	9%	13%	6%	19%	31%	6%	15%	12%	11%	24%	15%	23%	6%	10%	35%	25%	8%	14%	2%	-	-	-	-	-	29%	16%	15%	18%	4%	36%	21%	16%	16%	6%	32%	16%	18%	5%	21%	20%	10%	15%	3%	22%	26%	13%	11%	11%	19%	25%	18%	11%	20%	16%	33%	27%	10%	0%
Somewhat Agree	30%	29%	28%	33%	29%	41%	29%	37%	16%	27%	40%	27%	36%	31%	27%	36%	30%	34%	27%	3%	34%	28%	40%	38%	14%	24%	-	-	-	-	-	20%	38%	37%	21%	28%	43%	33%	32%	22%	27%	34%	28%	32%	27%	25%	37%	47%	8%	26%	25%	50%	33%	31%	32%	29%	31%	34%	36%	22%	30%	35%	14%	30%	32%
Somewhat Disagree	25%	24%	34%	24%	25%	10%	21%	32%	34%	15%	13%	22%	34%	31%	18%	16%	26%	26%	22%	35%	20%	24%	24%	40%	18%	15%	-	-	-	-	-	23%	28%	31%	22%	13%	16%	33%	27%	22%	9%	15%	25%	30%	33%	23%	26%	27%	54%	30%	24%	17%	30%	32%	27%	24%	34%	29%	19%	29%	24%	21%	31%	14%	38%
Strongly Disagree	19%	17%	14%	24%	33%	15%	12%	20%	29%	47%	8%	15%	16%	22%	38%	0%	16%	19%	23%	51%	19%	6%	8%	12%	48%	16%	-	-	-	-	-	24%	16%	11%	31%	13%	5%	10%	19%	34%	13%	7%	28%	16%	11%	26%	11%	10%	24%	12%	25%	7%	16%	12%	15%	22%	10%	13%	9%	27%	25%	10%	20%	42%	1%
Not Sure	7%	6%	6%	2%	3%	21%	7%	2%	8%	5%	21%	5%	7%	1%	5%	37%	4%	6%	4%	4%	18%	8%	3%	1%	6%	43%	-	-	-	-	-	4%	2%	5%	9%	43%	0%	3%	7%	6%	45%	12%	3%	3%	23%	5%	6%	5%	0%	28%	4%	0%	8%	15%	15%	5%	0%	7%	25%	2%	6%	2%	8%	4%	28%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%						100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	44%	25%	10%	13%	8%	39%	32%	14%	7%	8%	39%	22%	19%	15%	6%	47%	28%	9%	3%	14%	16%	31%	22%	25%	7%						26%	39%	15%	13%	7%	9%	28%	33%	26%	4%	20%	43%	28%	9%	51%	32%	8%	3%	5%	51%	12%	14%	11%	12%	69%	3%	22%	6%	21%	36%	22%	5%	10%	6%

7

In Kansas, per-pupil spending outside of the classroom -on administration, building operations, transportation, and food service - varies among school districts, from a low of about $2,000 per-pupil to nearly $13,000 per-pupil. Thinking now just about these outside-the-classroom costs, how much do you agree or disagree with this statement: To make more money available for classroom instruction, school districts should combine some outside-the-classroom functions with other districts.

500 Adults	All	KS Funding Per Pupil					Funding All Sources					Funding Over Last 5 Yrs					Increased Reserves					Pay Higher Taxes Statement					Reduce Agency Funding Statement					Combine Statement					Operates Efficiently Statement					General Fund Spending				Could Run Better Statement					Blame For Increase					Property Taxes				To Lower Property Taxes
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		<$4,000	4,000-$5	5,000-$6	>$6,000	Not Sure	<$6,000	$6,000-$	$9,000-$	>$12,000	Not Sure	Down By	Remained	Up By Le	Up By 10	Not Sure	<$50 Mil	$50-$250	$250-$40	>$400 Mi	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Increase	Decrease	Remain T	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Ineffici	Improvem	Unfunded	Other Ci	Not Sure	Too High	Too Low	Just Abo	Not Sure	Same Ser	Eliminat	Reduce S	Raise Ta	Other	Not Sure
Strongly Agree	26%	26%	24%	31%	32%	17%	23%	30%	27%	28%	21%	29%	21%	25%	32%	13%	25%	30%	17%	64%	18%	29%	22%	20%	39%	9%	41%	17%	23%	33%	16%	-	-	-	-	-	30%	26%	28%	25%	4%	28%	31%	19%	18%	34%	18%	17%	17%	18%	32%	28%	16%	19%	18%	28%	17%	22%	21%	30%	31%	24%	11%	30%	28%
Somewhat Agree	39%	40%	43%	33%	35%	39%	39%	43%	37%	28%	35%	34%	40%	47%	41%	41%	38%	42%	34%	21%	45%	34%	49%	46%	26%	33%	33%	49%	44%	33%	11%	-	-	-	-	-	42%	42%	45%	31%	19%	38%	35%	47%	39%	34%	49%	36%	35%	36%	37%	52%	38%	44%	34%	37%	39%	51%	22%	33%	39%	48%	28%	31%	19%
Somewhat Disagree	15%	17%	14%	16%	11%	6%	16%	16%	14%	12%	6%	14%	18%	15%	13%	9%	15%	17%	21%	8%	6%	14%	13%	22%	12%	11%	12%	18%	18%	9%	11%	-	-	-	-	-	5%	18%	11%	19%	15%	9%	13%	21%	16%	12%	16%	27%	28%	7%	16%	10%	25%	10%	8%	14%	23%	13%	23%	18%	14%	10%	29%	14%	8%
Strongly Disagree	13%	12%	14%	14%	21%	2%	15%	9%	17%	25%	6%	16%	13%	11%	12%	9%	16%	8%	25%	7%	8%	22%	7%	9%	19%	13%	13%	9%	11%	22%	18%	-	-	-	-	-	22%	11%	9%	20%	0%	20%	16%	8%	2%	15%	11%	9%	20%	14%	12%	10%	17%	18%	12%	13%	19%	12%	16%	17%	11%	11%	25%	20%	3%
Not Sure	7%	5%	5%	5%	2%	35%	7%	2%	5%	6%	31%	7%	8%	2%	2%	29%	6%	2%	3%	0%	23%	2%	8%	3%	5%	33%	1%	6%	3%	5%	44%	-	-	-	-	-	0%	3%	8%	4%	61%	5%	5%	4%	26%	5%	6%	10%	0%	25%	3%	2%	4%	10%	28%	8%	3%	2%	18%	2%	6%	6%	6%	6%	42%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%						100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	44%	25%	10%	13%	8%	39%	32%	14%	7%	8%	39%	22%	19%	15%	6%	47%	28%	9%	3%	14%	16%	31%	22%	25%	7%	19%	30%	25%	19%	7%						9%	28%	33%	26%	4%	20%	43%	28%	9%	51%	32%	8%	3%	5%	51%	12%	14%	11%	12%	69%	3%	22%	6%	21%	36%	22%	5%	10%	6%

8	How much do you agree or disagree with this statement: Kansas state government operates pretty efficiently and makes effective use of my tax dollars.

500 Adults	All	KS Funding Per Pupil					Funding All Sources					Funding Over Last 5 Yrs					Increased Reserves					Pay Higher Taxes Statement					Reduce Agency Funding Statement					Combine Statement					Operates Efficiently Statement					General Fund Spending				Could Run Better Statement					Blame For Increase					Property Taxes				To Lower Property Taxes
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		<$4,000	4,000-$5	5,000-$6	>$6,000	Not Sure	<$6,000	$6,000-$	$9,000-$	>$12,000	Not Sure	Down By	Remained	Up By Le	Up By 10	Not Sure	<$50 Mil	$50-$250	$250-$40	>$400 Mi	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Increase	Decrease	Remain T	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Ineffici	Improvem	Unfunded	Other Ci	Not Sure	Too High	Too Low	Just Abo	Not Sure	Same Ser	Eliminat	Reduce S	Raise Ta	Other	Not Sure
Strongly Agree	9%	6%	9%	13%	16%	6%	7%	11%	7%	19%	5%	9%	8%	6%	18%	2%	8%	8%	17%	0%	11%	13%	15%	7%	2%	2%	17%	13%	6%	3%	0%	10%	10%	3%	15%	0%	-	-	-	-	-	17%	6%	10%	0%	8%	9%	21%	8%	5%	5%	17%	9%	18%	11%	7%	0%	19%	0%	7%	8%	5%	5%	2%	16%
Somewhat Agree	28%	26%	33%	40%	17%	20%	29%	29%	29%	18%	23%	26%	29%	35%	21%	26%	27%	31%	29%	16%	25%	34%	34%	25%	24%	4%	31%	30%	36%	15%	12%	28%	30%	34%	23%	10%	-	-	-	-	-	31%	26%	33%	13%	23%	37%	21%	17%	34%	24%	35%	32%	35%	26%	24%	22%	36%	38%	29%	30%	17%	31%	18%	1%
Somewhat Disagree	33%	32%	36%	21%	35%	36%	29%	35%	28%	34%	50%	38%	24%	39%	26%	32%	36%	34%	17%	22%	34%	28%	34%	43%	27%	29%	27%	35%	34%	32%	35%	35%	38%	24%	22%	37%	-	-	-	-	-	30%	33%	35%	28%	28%	41%	42%	30%	16%	30%	39%	36%	17%	50%	35%	42%	29%	20%	34%	27%	45%	20%	45%	45%
Strongly Disagree	26%	31%	20%	26%	30%	19%	29%	24%	32%	30%	7%	24%	34%	19%	34%	16%	27%	23%	36%	62%	18%	22%	13%	23%	45%	39%	23%	19%	23%	47%	24%	26%	21%	34%	40%	16%	-	-	-	-	-	21%	32%	18%	35%	37%	10%	13%	39%	31%	38%	8%	20%	24%	3%	30%	29%	15%	23%	28%	31%	31%	40%	34%	20%
Not Sure	4%	4%	2%	0%	2%	18%	5%	1%	3%	0%	15%	3%	4%	2%	1%	24%	3%	4%	1%	0%	11%	4%	3%	2%	1%	26%	1%	4%	2%	3%	28%	1%	2%	4%	0%	37%	-	-	-	-	-	1%	2%	3%	24%	4%	3%	3%	6%	15%	3%	2%	4%	6%	10%	4%	7%	1%	20%	2%	4%	1%	4%	2%	18%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%						100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	44%	25%	10%	13%	8%	39%	32%	14%	7%	8%	39%	22%	19%	15%	6%	47%	28%	9%	3%	14%	16%	31%	22%	25%	7%	19%	30%	25%	19%	7%	26%	39%	15%	13%	7%						20%	43%	28%	9%	51%	32%	8%	3%	5%	51%	12%	14%	11%	12%	69%	3%	22%	6%	21%	36%	22%	5%	10%	6%

9

Kansas General Fund spending in 2012 was about $1.5 billion more than in 2005, or about 31% more. According to 2012 estimates, Kansas spent more per-resident than 31 other states and 26% more per-resident than the states with no income tax. Should Kansas General Fund spending be increased? Decreased? Or remain the same

500 Adults	All	KS Funding Per Pupil					Funding All Sources					Funding Over Last 5 Yrs					Increased Reserves					Pay Higher Taxes Statement					Reduce Agency Funding Statement					Combine Statement					Operates Efficiently Statement					General Fund Spending				Could Run Better Statement					Blame For Increase					Property Taxes				To Lower Property Taxes
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		<$4,000	4,000-$5	5,000-$6	>$6,000	Not Sure	<$6,000	$6,000-$	$9,000-$	>$12,000	Not Sure	Down By	Remained	Up By Le	Up By 10	Not Sure	<$50 Mil	$50-$250	$250-$40	>$400 Mi	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Increase	Decrease	Remain T	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Ineffici	Improvem	Unfunded	Other Ci	Not Sure	Too High	Too Low	Just Abo	Not Sure	Same Ser	Eliminat	Reduce S	Raise Ta	Other	Not Sure
Increased	20%	23%	18%	15%	22%	16%	24%	19%	7%	32%	19%	26%	18%	12%	17%	17%	20%	19%	31%	8%	17%	47%	26%	8%	7%	15%	34%	23%	12%	7%	36%	22%	19%	12%	30%	15%	38%	22%	18%	16%	5%	-	-	-	-	17%	19%	32%	21%	36%	10%	41%	27%	31%	25%	12%	53%	33%	41%	14%	10%	11%	30%	16%	6%
Decreased	43%	40%	42%	52%	54%	39%	37%	42%	60%	63%	34%	35%	39%	53%	57%	45%	37%	52%	41%	68%	41%	23%	34%	51%	67%	20%	36%	40%	43%	64%	18%	52%	38%	38%	52%	33%	31%	40%	44%	53%	22%	-	-	-	-	55%	34%	21%	48%	14%	58%	33%	31%	18%	27%	54%	8%	24%	7%	60%	64%	49%	9%	65%	9%
Remain The Same	28%	28%	38%	27%	16%	16%	30%	34%	21%	5%	26%	28%	36%	28%	21%	14%	36%	20%	27%	24%	20%	21%	34%	32%	21%	31%	27%	29%	33%	24%	15%	21%	33%	41%	17%	18%	31%	33%	30%	19%	22%	-	-	-	-	22%	38%	41%	3%	20%	25%	22%	34%	42%	26%	27%	20%	37%	14%	19%	23%	35%	57%	17%	34%
Not Sure	9%	10%	3%	7%	8%	29%	10%	5%	12%	0%	22%	11%	7%	7%	4%	24%	7%	9%	1%	0%	22%	10%	6%	10%	4%	35%	2%	8%	12%	5%	31%	6%	9%	9%	1%	34%	0%	4%	8%	12%	51%	-	-	-	-	5%	10%	6%	28%	30%	7%	4%	8%	9%	22%	7%	19%	5%	37%	7%	3%	5%	4%	3%	51%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%					100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	44%	25%	10%	13%	8%	39%	32%	14%	7%	8%	39%	22%	19%	15%	6%	47%	28%	9%	3%	14%	16%	31%	22%	25%	7%	19%	30%	25%	19%	7%	26%	39%	15%	13%	7%	9%	28%	33%	26%	4%					51%	32%	8%	3%	5%	51%	12%	14%	11%	12%	69%	3%	22%	6%	21%	36%	22%	5%	10%	6%

10	How much do you agree or disagree with this statement: Kansas state government could run 5% to 10% more efficiently than it does now.

500 Adults	All	KS Funding Per Pupil					Funding All Sources					Funding Over Last 5 Yrs					Increased Reserves					Pay Higher Taxes Statement					Reduce Agency Funding Statement					Combine Statement					Operates Efficiently Statement					General Fund Spending				Could Run Better Statement					Blame For Increase					Property Taxes				To Lower Property Taxes
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		<$4,000	4,000-$5	5,000-$6	>$6,000	Not Sure	<$6,000	$6,000-$	$9,000-$	>$12,000	Not Sure	Down By	Remained	Up By Le	Up By 10	Not Sure	<$50 Mil	$50-$250	$250-$40	>$400 Mi	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Increase	Decrease	Remain T	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Ineffici	Improvem	Unfunded	Other Ci	Not Sure	Too High	Too Low	Just Abo	Not Sure	Same Ser	Eliminat	Reduce S	Raise Ta	Other	Not Sure
Strongly Agree	51%	55%	49%	50%	58%	30%	55%	48%	54%	71%	26%	53%	47%	49%	69%	23%	54%	52%	45%	80%	38%	45%	40%	50%	74%	43%	58%	43%	46%	70%	42%	67%	45%	42%	57%	38%	43%	43%	44%	72%	50%	44%	66%	41%	32%	-	-	-	-	-	69%	39%	45%	30%	17%	60%	32%	33%	36%	67%	69%	55%	36%	53%	25%
Somewhat Agree	32%	29%	36%	30%	29%	42%	30%	38%	22%	19%	46%	32%	31%	36%	27%	31%	32%	28%	41%	11%	38%	30%	47%	32%	16%	28%	34%	39%	33%	18%	30%	22%	40%	34%	27%	30%	32%	43%	40%	13%	20%	30%	25%	43%	35%	-	-	-	-	-	21%	47%	30%	35%	62%	28%	29%	40%	50%	21%	25%	33%	40%	42%	23%
Somewhat Disagree	8%	8%	11%	9%	2%	9%	10%	9%	4%	0%	8%	6%	13%	7%	1%	23%	7%	10%	8%	8%	9%	10%	10%	9%	5%	6%	4%	13%	9%	4%	6%	5%	7%	15%	6%	12%	19%	6%	10%	4%	6%	13%	4%	12%	6%	-	-	-	-	-	3%	10%	16%	18%	6%	6%	22%	14%	2%	4%	4%	6%	10%	3%	25%
Strongly Disagree	3%	4%	2%	7%	1%	0%	1%	2%	10%	9%	0%	4%	3%	3%	1%	1%	5%	3%	4%	0%	1%	8%	2%	3%	3%	1%	3%	1%	7%	4%	0%	2%	3%	6%	5%	0%	3%	2%	3%	5%	5%	3%	4%	0%	10%	-	-	-	-	-	3%	1%	5%	4%	4%	2%	11%	6%	0%	6%	0%	4%	6%	0%	0%
Not Sure	5%	4%	2%	3%	10%	19%	4%	3%	10%	0%	19%	4%	5%	4%	3%	22%	2%	7%	2%	0%	15%	8%	2%	5%	3%	23%	1%	4%	6%	3%	22%	4%	5%	2%	5%	20%	3%	6%	3%	6%	18%	9%	2%	4%	18%	-	-	-	-	-	3%	3%	4%	13%	11%	4%	6%	7%	12%	3%	2%	3%	8%	1%	27%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%						100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	44%	25%	10%	13%	8%	39%	32%	14%	7%	8%	39%	22%	19%	15%	6%	47%	28%	9%	3%	14%	16%	31%	22%	25%	7%	19%	30%	25%	19%	7%	26%	39%	15%	13%	7%	9%	28%	33%	26%	4%	20%	43%	28%	9%						51%	12%	14%	11%	12%	69%	3%	22%	6%	21%	36%	22%	5%	10%	6%

11	Property taxes increased 99% between 1997 and 2011, nearly 3 times the rate of inflation. What is most to blame for that increase? Over or inefficient spending by cities, counties and school districts? Improvements in services? Unfunded mandates? Or other circumstances beyond their control?

500 Adults	All	KS Funding Per Pupil					Funding All Sources					Funding Over Last 5 Yrs					Increased Reserves					Pay Higher Taxes Statement					Reduce Agency Funding Statement					Combine Statement					Operates Efficiently Statement					General Fund Spending				Could Run Better Statement					Blame For Increase					Property Taxes				To Lower Property Taxes
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%		<$4,000	4,000-$5	5,000-$6	>$6,000	Not Sure	<$6,000	$6,000-$	$9,000-$	>$12,000	Not Sure	Down By	Remained	Up By Le	Up By 10	Not Sure	<$50 Mil	$50-$250	$250-$40	>$400 Mi	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Increase	Decrease	Remain T	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Ineffici	Improvem	Unfunded	Other Ci	Not Sure	Too High	Too Low	Just Abo	Not Sure	Same Ser	Eliminat	Reduce S	Raise Ta	Other	Not Sure
Inefficient Spending	51%	56%	46%	52%	54%	36%	54%	48%	61%	58%	27%	50%	47%	58%	58%	39%	49%	58%	40%	85%	45%	27%	43%	52%	77%	50%	60%	42%	49%	68%	31%	63%	48%	54%	48%	25%	27%	44%	47%	74%	38%	25%	69%	46%	41%	68%	34%	22%	49%	31%	-	-	-	-	-	64%	14%	24%	28%	76%	73%	61%	10%	51%	39%
Improvements In Services	12%	10%	9%	7%	26%	9%	11%	10%	11%	25%	11%	12%	9%	12%	18%	0%	14%	9%	11%	0%	13%	15%	19%	10%	4%	4%	16%	19%	8%	4%	0%	12%	15%	8%	8%	3%	22%	15%	14%	4%	5%	24%	9%	9%	5%	9%	17%	15%	2%	7%	-	-	-	-	-	9%	27%	21%	0%	9%	10%	9%	15%	7%	0%
Unfunded Mandates	14%	14%	17%	16%	12%	11%	13%	18%	15%	2%	11%	14%	18%	14%	12%	8%	16%	14%	23%	4%	8%	24%	9%	22%	9%	10%	10%	16%	17%	12%	17%	9%	14%	24%	18%	8%	15%	16%	16%	11%	13%	19%	10%	17%	13%	12%	14%	29%	22%	10%	-	-	-	-	-	12%	23%	18%	20%	9%	10%	11%	54%	17%	0%
Other Circumstances	11%	8%	20%	7%	5%	15%	9%	16%	7%	6%	14%	10%	18%	5%	6%	28%	13%	10%	6%	8%	9%	22%	13%	9%	4%	11%	7%	11%	14%	7%	25%	8%	12%	7%	15%	16%	22%	14%	6%	10%	17%	17%	5%	17%	11%	7%	12%	25%	13%	27%	-	-	-	-	-	7%	23%	24%	10%	4%	3%	7%	11%	7%	28%
Not Sure	12%	12%	8%	18%	3%	29%	13%	8%	6%	8%	38%	15%	8%	11%	6%	25%	9%	9%	20%	2%	24%	12%	17%	8%	6%	25%	7%	12%	12%	9%	27%	8%	10%	6%	11%	48%	14%	11%	18%	1%	28%	15%	7%	11%	30%	4%	23%	9%	14%	25%	-	-	-	-	-	9%	13%	13%	42%	1%	5%	12%	10%	17%	33%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%						100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	44%	25%	10%	13%	8%	39%	32%	14%	7%	8%	39%	22%	19%	15%	6%	47%	28%	9%	3%	14%	16%	31%	22%	25%	7%	19%	30%	25%	19%	7%	26%	39%	15%	13%	7%	9%	28%	33%	26%	4%	20%	43%	28%	9%	51%	32%	8%	3%	5%						69%	3%	22%	6%	21%	36%	22%	5%	10%	6%

12	Are property taxes too high? Too low? Or about right?

500 Adults	All	KS Funding Per Pupil					Funding All Sources					Funding Over Last 5 Yrs					Increased Reserves					Pay Higher Taxes Statement					Reduce Agency Funding Statement					Combine Statement					Operates Efficiently Statement					General Fund Spending				Could Run Better Statement					Blame For Increase					Property Taxes				To Lower Property Taxes
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.1%		<$4,000	4,000-$5	5,000-$6	>$6,000	Not Sure	<$6,000	$6,000-$	$9,000-$	>$12,000	Not Sure	Down By	Remained	Up By Le	Up By 10	Not Sure	<$50 Mil	$50-$250	$250-$40	>$400 Mi	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Increase	Decrease	Remain T	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Ineffici	Improvem	Unfunded	Other Ci	Not Sure	Too High	Too Low	Just Abo	Not Sure	Same Ser	Eliminat	Reduce S	Raise Ta	Other	Not Sure
Too High	69%	70%	66%	79%	70%	59%	70%	69%	72%	68%	61%	67%	64%	71%	82%	62%	66%	70%	69%	94%	69%	46%	57%	78%	91%	70%	71%	65%	66%	81%	56%	75%	65%	66%	68%	77%	53%	61%	73%	79%	62%	42%	86%	65%	56%	80%	61%	50%	51%	54%	86%	53%	58%	41%	51%	-	-	-	-	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Too Low	3%	5%	3%	5%	1%	1%	4%	2%	5%	5%	4%	6%	3%	2%	1%	0%	5%	3%	2%	0%	0%	11%	3%	4%	0%	0%	5%	4%	5%	2%	0%	2%	3%	5%	5%	2%	0%	3%	5%	4%	6%	9%	1%	3%	8%	2%	3%	9%	11%	4%	1%	8%	6%	7%	4%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Just About Right	22%	16%	28%	16%	28%	31%	19%	24%	20%	27%	31%	21%	28%	17%	17%	33%	23%	19%	27%	6%	25%	34%	33%	15%	8%	18%	21%	25%	25%	15%	23%	19%	28%	19%	20%	6%	47%	29%	19%	12%	5%	37%	12%	29%	12%	14%	27%	39%	38%	29%	10%	39%	28%	47%	25%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Not Sure	6%	9%	3%	0%	1%	9%	8%	6%	4%	0%	4%	6%	5%	10%	1%	5%	6%	8%	1%	0%	6%	9%	8%	3%	2%	12%	3%	7%	4%	3%	21%	5%	3%	9%	7%	15%	0%	8%	3%	5%	27%	12%	1%	3%	24%	4%	9%	1%	0%	13%	3%	0%	8%	5%	20%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%					100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	44%	25%	10%	13%	8%	39%	32%	14%	7%	8%	39%	22%	19%	15%	6%	47%	28%	9%	3%	14%	16%	31%	22%	25%	7%	19%	30%	25%	19%	7%	26%	39%	15%	13%	7%	9%	28%	33%	26%	4%	20%	43%	28%	9%	51%	32%	8%	3%	5%	51%	12%	14%	11%	12%					21%	36%	22%	5%	10%	6%

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What should first be done in order to lower property taxes? Cities, counties and school districts should provide the same services at lower costs? Cities, counties and school districts should eliminate non-essential services? State government should reduce spending on other services to give more money to cities, counties and school districts? State government should raise taxes to give more money to cities, counties and school districts? Or something else?

344 Who Think Property Taxes Are Too High	All	KS Funding Per Pupil					Funding All Sources					Funding Over Last 5 Yrs					Increased Reserves					Pay Higher Taxes Statement					Reduce Agency Funding Statement					Combine Statement					Operates Efficiently Statement					General Fund Spending				Could Run Better Statement					Blame For Increase					Property Taxes				To Lower Property Taxes
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 5.4%		<$4,000	4,000-$5	5,000-$6	>$6,000	Not Sure	<$6,000	$6,000-$	$9,000-$	>$12,000	Not Sure	Down By	Remained	Up By Le	Up By 10	Not Sure	<$50 Mil	$50-$250	$250-$40	>$400 Mi	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Increase	Decrease	Remain T	Not Sure	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly	Not Sure	Ineffici	Improvem	Unfunded	Other Ci	Not Sure	Too High	Too Low	Just Abo	Not Sure	Same Ser	Eliminat	Reduce S	Raise Ta	Other	Not Sure
Same Services At Lower Costs	21%	21%	22%	14%	31%	11%	23%	17%	28%	36%	4%	15%	25%	31%	25%	0%	17%	27%	23%	40%	16%	20%	13%	21%	31%	12%	21%	16%	25%	26%	9%	23%	19%	26%	28%	7%	22%	25%	21%	19%	9%	25%	24%	15%	20%	24%	16%	15%	48%	14%	25%	22%	16%	14%	2%	21%	0%	0%	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eliminate Non-essential Services	36%	37%	34%	39%	40%	30%	36%	38%	37%	39%	27%	31%	42%	29%	43%	60%	36%	40%	24%	44%	36%	30%	21%	48%	46%	20%	29%	38%	35%	42%	39%	40%	38%	35%	29%	31%	40%	46%	28%	37%	43%	29%	43%	32%	16%	42%	32%	25%	4%	22%	41%	39%	30%	18%	20%	36%	0%	0%	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reduce Spending On Other Services	22%	25%	23%	25%	5%	29%	29%	20%	14%	3%	27%	29%	16%	25%	11%	22%	26%	18%	24%	16%	17%	25%	35%	15%	15%	29%	38%	27%	18%	9%	7%	19%	29%	15%	18%	18%	17%	16%	28%	22%	9%	20%	20%	29%	16%	20%	26%	21%	37%	14%	21%	23%	19%	24%	30%	22%	0%	0%	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Raise Taxes	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	0%	2%	9%	4%	0%	8%	5%	5%	2%	8%	0%	6%	4%	8%	0%	2%	16%	9%	3%	1%	0%	7%	2%	6%	4%	7%	2%	4%	10%	9%	4%	4%	6%	3%	6%	6%	12%	1%	10%	3%	3%	7%	9%	11%	9%	1%	8%	21%	8%	6%	5%	0%	0%	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other	10%	9%	9%	13%	13%	3%	9%	11%	8%	19%	3%	12%	6%	9%	12%	0%	13%	4%	15%	0%	9%	9%	12%	8%	8%	14%	5%	10%	6%	18%	7%	10%	8%	10%	15%	7%	3%	7%	13%	11%	4%	12%	12%	6%	4%	9%	15%	5%	0%	3%	8%	8%	14%	10%	19%	10%	0%	0%	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Not Sure	6%	3%	6%	4%	6%	27%	2%	5%	8%	3%	31%	7%	6%	4%	1%	18%	2%	7%	6%	0%	20%	0%	10%	6%	1%	24%	0%	7%	9%	0%	31%	6%	3%	4%	1%	33%	13%	0%	8%	4%	29%	3%	1%	8%	42%	3%	5%	25%	0%	38%	4%	0%	0%	26%	22%	6%	0%	0%	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%
Composition of Who Think Property Taxes Are Too High	100%	44%	24%	11%	13%	7%	40%	32%	15%	6%	7%	38%	20%	20%	17%	5%	45%	28%	9%	4%	14%	11%	25%	25%	32%	7%	19%	29%	24%	22%	5%	28%	37%	14%	13%	8%	7%	24%	35%	30%	4%	12%	54%	27%	7%	60%	28%	6%	2%	4%	64%	9%	12%	7%	9%	100%	0%	0%	0%