“Senate Republicans rallied around Salina Sen. Tom Arpke’s strategy to cut $5.3 million in aid from universities supervised by the Kansas Board of Regents, including Kansas State University and The University of Kansas, and award that money to independent colleges operating in the state… “[Sen. Vicki] Schmidt said the Senate...
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Block grant bill fails to solve problems
We don’t believe the block grant bill provides certainty and stability. The funds promised in the bill have yet to be appropriated, operating funds are fixed for 2 years though our student bodies and costs to our districts are not, and there is no indication of what a new formula...
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Thank you to Rep. Melissa Rooker and Rep. Jarrod Ousley for starting off the final leg of our walk on Monday and to each of our speakers at the press conference. Here are the words some of them shared. (Some spoke without written statements and are not included here.) Rep....
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“Lauren Van Wagoner joined Game On for the first time this year. Her daughter just started kindergarten and is on the the autism spectrum. Van Wagoner says she’s worried about the effect potential cuts will have on her daughter’s education.” http://kcur.org/post/kansas-education-activists-march-merriam-topeka...
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