“Judith Deedy, executive director of Game on Kansas, a public education advocacy group, said she was ‘vehemently’ opposed to the court giving up jurisdiction. “’This school year is the first year of full funding of the Gannon agreement,’ Deedy said, alluding to the last name of the lead plaintiff in the school case. “’We are seeing a corresponding rise in student achievement and at the same time have heard numerous statements from legislators over the past several years indicating their irritation at having to comply with Gannon,’ she said in an email. “’The Legislature’s refusal to comply with...
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Legislators looking to model Kansas ESAs after Arizona’s controversial program
The interim education committee meetings made clear that ESAs, with Arizona’s program as a model, will be coming back to the Kansas legislature in 2024. Watch this video to see why this is a terrible idea and why we will ask legislators why they’re ignoring the obvious problems with these programs. Learn more from Arizona here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLLO044pBQo&fbclid=IwAR1PxHoAYO48lQqm38XQIu5TcrfrJikqSsNPejmLRvlCUaV97qy9p7I69Yk&ab_channel=SaveOurSchoolsArizona Originally published on Facebook on Oct. 12th, 2023....
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Leave a Comment Taxpayer dollars from ESAs used for luxury vacation expenses
ESAs lack sufficient oversight and are an abuse of taxpayer dollars. The examples in Arizona aren’t hypotheticals-they’re actual, documented wasteful expenditures. So why do some Kansas legislators keep pushing them for our state? Don’t they know? Are they just hoping we don’t know? Just say no to ESAs and other vouchers. Originally posted on Facebook on Oct. 12th, 2023....
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Leave a Comment School Board Candidate Recommendations Across Kansas
We are seeing extremist candidates throughout the state who support vouchers, oppose teaching emotional skills and offering mental health services, oppose efforts to make all children feel welcome at their schools, use academic misinformation to criticize current board members and districts, want to impose their opinions on books over the judgment of qualified school staff and other patrons, support limiting district revenue, etc. Many of them are sharing information from or aligning with organizations and individuals who have worked against our community schools. Many of them are also being supported by a national PAC based in New York...
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