We hope parents are making their voices heard as well. Apparently sometimes legislators forget that our school districts are speaking on behalf of our children and not for themselves.
“The only groups that testified in favor of the bill were the Kansas Chamber of Commerce; the Kansas Policy Institute, a free-market think tank; and the tea party group Kansans for Liberty.
“Will lawmakers listen to the school districts, as Ryckman promised, or will they do the bidding of special interests?”
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