“Myth #1, Certainty: The bill was sold as an attempt to provide consistency and predictability for school districts but completely ignores how (and why) school finance is practically applied. It locks in spending at the current levels and allows for no variation in growth or loss of student population or...
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No comments Monthly Archives: March 2015
“Benched” legislators pass block grant bill
Before the primary and general elections last summer and fall we did rosters of legislators and candidates who we believed were true supporters of public education. We also did a “bench for academic ineligibility” for legislators we have found consistently vote against public education interests, whether it’s voting against funding,...
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No comments Block grant bill passes House
Final vote in the House on the block grant bill. 64-57, with 63 votes needed to pass. Yea – (64) (Are they representing you?) Anthimides, Barker, Barton, Boldra, Bradford, Bruchman, Brunk, Campbell, Carpenter, Carpenter, Claeys, Corbet, Couture-Lovelady, Davis, DeGraaf, Dove, Esau, Estes, Garber, Goico, Grosserode, Hawkins, Hedke, Highland, Hildabrand, Hoffman,...
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No comments Reporters stage walkout
If you don’t already subscribe to your local paper and one or two others, you should. Electronic subscriptions are easy, and Kansas reporters are a valuable resource for those of us who can’t be in Topeka regularly. Follow the reporters on Twitter, too. We thank them for making the legislative...
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