UPDATE: It was voted favorably for passage on a voice vote.The House is now doing Emergency Final Action On Bills heard today and just meeting pro forma tomorrow.HB 2540 which reflects a lack of understanding about the provision of at-risk services is being debated on the House floor now. Listen live here: http://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00287/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20200226/-1/9170?viewMode=1&fbclid=IwAR0ZGe4kNZO1RU2suAJU2G5NxxalOQrhzPfp16k6Jz4LLECAXL75AWb98dc#handoutFile_ Originally posted to Facebook 2/26/2020....
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KASB Blog Post: Latest data ranks Kansas 9th in U.S. on multiple measures of education
“Kansas ranks ninth among the 50 states on a weighted average of 15 educational indicators, based on the most recent national data. “Kansas has higher outcomes than the average of all states on all 15 indicators but provided about $1,500 per pupil less in total funding than the U.S. average in 2017, and $500 less per pupil when adjusted for regional cost of living differences. “Kansas also outperformed groups of “peer” states similar to Kansas in terms of student and adult population demographics and urban/rural distribution; and provided less average funding per pupil than those states. “This is...
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We agree with this letter to the editor. The Kansas Policy Institute should be free to pay to publish whatever it wants (and with its Koch backing, it can afford a lot), but we continue to question why the Star repeatedly allows it to spread its agenda through guest commentaries. Thank you for sending in a letter to the editor, Mr. Migliazzo. WHO’S BEHIND IT “It was no surprise to see Dave Trabert’s June 20 guest commentary, ‘Kansans are being set up for another tax hike,’ railing against the proper funding of our public schools. (11A) The Star,...
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Leave a Comment WaPo article: Betsy DeVos wants to resurrect an old and failed model of public education.
Good perspective on public funding for public schools.“We know better. With the experience of two centuries of public education, we have no excuse to believe public education can be left to the whims of well-meaning philanthropists and the optional largesse of legislators. Our public schools are not “charity.” Their budgets are not “munificence,” subject to the whims of corporate benefactors, but rather the hard-won legacy of public funding for all, by all.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/05/16/betsy-devos-wants-resurrect-an-old-failed-model-public-education/?fbclid=IwAR1WvqRiXKLvIKq6RmiLKYJaV1ORrZOZ4wqTbldSqOA-3Oys_jCV-HwBBS8 Originally posted to Facebook 7/4/2019....
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