This year’s school board elections are one week from today throughout Kansas. Please do your homework and VOTE. We are aware of several races in which candidates following the KPI talking points are running. Advance voting is already available. Check with your local elections office for locations....
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No comments Monthly Archives: April 2015
Districts oppose moving school board elections
This is the map of school districts opposing changes to school board elections, yet today the elections conference committee appears ready to forward a bill to move school board elections to the fall of even years with primaries held in August (when school families are underrepresented in terms of turnout)...
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No comments Districts face cuts due to block grant bill
Parents, teachers, school board members and superintendents all opposed the block grant bill, but it passed anyway. “State leaders said it was cause for celebration, not cuts to schools. But the K-12 block-grant funding bill is showing its impact on districts around the state, and in ways that don’t square...
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No comments Game On opposes moving school board elections to fall
We oppose bills to move school board elections for numerous reasons, the bills are moving forward. From KASB: “An effort to move school board elections to the fall picked up steam today and KASB is urging school officials to closely monitor what could be fast-moving developments on the issue. “A...
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