Senator Mitch Holmes wins a prize for the most deceptive bill name and press release for his bill that would in part move local and school board elections to November and make them partisan. The “Help Kansas Vote Act” is about introducing partisanship into local elections. While he says it’s...
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No comments Monthly Archives: March 2015
Dalvin Yager speaks up
Well said: Why do citizens of Kansas meekly allow the destruction of our public schools? Let’s make no mistake about it – that’s exactly what we are talking about. We are witness to the dismantling of a state education system, once ranked as one of the nation’s best, on the...
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Another superintendent (USD 489’s Dean Katt) speaks out. Parents, are you listening? “It’s the just same attack of public education … that we are not doing our jobs, we are wasteful, we are not appreciated and just to start that cycle again,” Katt said. “We are going to run-down public...
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No comments Allotment cuts coming out of Base State Aid
Some legislators and our governor are claiming that the allotment cuts of 1.5% to Kansas K-12 schools is a “reduction in the increase in school funding”, but this type of spin is irresponsible. The allotment is coming out of the Base State Aid Per Pupil and thus directly impacts every...
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