Instead of getting an admission that the tax cuts are too aggressive, we’ll get distractions and justifications for cutting spending on public education. Governor Brownback has announced more allotments including a 1.5% cut to K-12 education. He is “calling on the legislature to reform equalization factors in the current school...
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Demoralizing teachers won’t improve education
This concept seems common sense to us, but in Kansas we currently have a bill to eliminate collective bargaining much more extensively than in an agreement reached by the superintendents’ association, the school boards association and the teachers unions and a bill to eliminate an exemption from criminal prosecution for...
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Last year’s passage of HB 2506, which combined the Gannon equity remedy with several harmful education policy provisions that had not passed through the legislature during the regular session is a prime example of what’s wrong with bundling bills. “That is not a good way to do business, or to...
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No comments Bills set up partisan takeover of local elections
Those who support nonpartisan, local school board elections need to understand how several bills moving through our legislature would change that. “The House Elections Committee has recommended that the full House pass a Kobach bill to restore straight-ticket voting in Kansas. “Combine that with a proposal by Gov. Sam Brownback,...
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