Are you ready to make your voices heard for the sake of the children in your community? We’re going to be doing our third 60-mile walk from JOCO to Topeka March 27-29 with a final walk and press conference the morning of Monday, March 30. If you’d like to help...
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No comments Monthly Archives: March 2015
Eagle provides context for school funding numbers
Gov. Sam Brownback’s decision to reduce school funding for the current year by $28 million, or 1.5 percent, after previous promises to safeguard education dollars has sparked debate. Some lawmakers and residents have expressed anger over the cut to the schools’ current-year budget, but others agree with the governor that...
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We’re connecting the dots again today. The courts have been ordering the state to increase funding for schools. Our governor and legislature would currently prefer to lower taxes, even if it results in a decreased revenue stream, and fund schools according to what we can afford under that scenario. But...
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When our governor and some of our legislators say that the allotment or other bills to reduce school funding are merely a “decrease to the increase” they are failing to mention that a large part of the increase was to comply with a court order after it was determined equalization...
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