We hope school board members inform their local legislators about the needs of Kansas schools in the 2015 session. “School board members from across Kansas are gearing up to fight for more funding when the state Legislature convenes on Jan. 12. “The Kansas Association of School Boards is using a...
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No comments Monthly Archives: February 2015
Merritt: leaders willing to sacrifice education
We agree with this editorial. We also note that almost every Kansas legislator in office and our governor claimed to be public education supporters while campaigning, and yet there is no groundswell among those we sent to Topeka to comply with the Gannon lower court’s order. It is deemed beyond...
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And here we have the latest on a major charter school group in Connecticut. Kansas should retain its current law on charter schools. “The Jumoke Academy charter school operation was saddled with ‘rampant nepotism,’ imposed little or no oversight on former CEO Michael Sharpe and made repeated financial missteps that...
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No comments Representative Hineman explains fiscal situation
Representative Don Hineman provides a great explanation of Kansas’ current situation. As a life-long Republican and a fiscal conservative I recognize that government must operate as efficiently as possible and that continues to be a focus for me. But I was also elected to insure that state government continues to...
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