And there’s a bill to require schools to address “strengths and weaknesses” of climate change science. “Strengths and weaknesses” is the way Texas has challenged teaching evolution. Not only are they going to underfund schools, they’re trying to teach Kansas kids backwards science. http://ncse.com/news/2013/02/anticlimate-bill-kansas-0014713#.UR5xwLkgIt4.facebook ...
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No comments Monthly Archives: February 2013
Docking Blog features Gannon attorney
A great explanation of how we got here and how the Montoy/Gannon cases are not overreach. http://www.dockingblog.com/the-true-story-of-the-school-finance-lawsuit/...
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No comments Constitutional amendment progresses and 2 other bills aimed at keeping funding low
The Senate Judicial Committee has forwarded the constitutional amendment regarding keeping the courts out of school funding, and we have 2 more bills directed at underfunding schools and defying the court’s order. Senate Bill 173: “in any lawsuit claiming that state funding of education is inadequate, the courts would be...
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No comments Indiana legislature also limiting public employee payroll deductions
Oh look, our friends in Indiana are facing the exact same thing with payroll deductions! Hello ALEC, goodbye legislatures addressing the real problems in their own states. The following was posted on Facebook by a public education advocacy group in Indiana. IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY: An amendment...
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