We agree with this editorial. We believe moving elections is not about increasing turnout but is about making them easier to manipulate by injecting partisanship. Any bill that moves the elections from the spring will be part of a move to eventually move them to even years and make them...
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No comments Monthly Archives: January 2015
Kansas Budget blog stresses importance of BSAPP
Please share this post. Far too many Kansans hear the claims that overall funding is up and conclude that all is well with Kansas school funding. The fact remains that Base State Aid Per Pupil (BSAPP) was cut during the recession, while legislators promised it would be restored when the...
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No comments Texas report shows public schools outperform charters there
Be wary of those who promote changing Kansas law to promote more charter schools with no accountability. Other states keep showing that charters do not outperform public schools, especially when you control for their different student populations. “Please spread this information across the state! Charter schools perform well at significantly...
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No comments Lawmakers still considering moving school board elections to fall
The push to move school board and other municipal elections to the fall and make them partisan is not benign. It represents an effort to politicize local offices and make them subject to the same partisan postcards we just saw for statewide offices. It would also lead to voters casting...
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