Late Thursday night, the Senate passed its education funding bill with many troubling provisions. It includes a property tax credit of up to $2500 for families homeschooling their children or sending them to private schools, the ALEC corporate tax credit scholarship, elimination of teacher due process and cuts to transportation, at-risk...
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No comments Monthly Archives: April 2014
Rally for public schools April 5 at 3:30 in Topeka
Here’s a great way to make your voice heard this weekend! Let’s make this a Kansas Education Spring! https://www.facebook.com/events/1466595700238306/ Join Raise Your Hand Kansas Rally for Public Education Today at 3:30pm Topeka High School in Topeka, Kansas...
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No comments Kansas mom requests support for schools and children
We love this mom’s blog post/communication to those who are supposed to be representing her in Topeka: “Now is the time to begin to reverse the damage that has been done. Not damage to our schools – no, the damage is done to our children. These children are the individuals...
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No comments Eagle editorial urges simple solution to Gannon funding
“Rather than keep it simple in responding to the Kansas Supreme Court’s school-finance ruling, the Legislature seems intent on making matters worse for many districts. Kansans have to hope that as the favored bills go to the full House and Senate on Thursday, reason and fairness will prevail. Both have been...
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