“Brownback’s camp didn’t force those businesses to outline how their tax savings would create jobs (the governor’s economic pipe dream.) School districts, meanwhile, had to grovel for aid from a fund created with dollars stripped from their K-12 state funding.
“Sadly, it’s all part of the plot to undermine public schools and encourage privatized education, per the wishes of the Koch brothers-supported Kansas Chamber, Kansas Policy Institute and other so-called ‘free market’ advocates.
“The self-serving quest is hurting good public schools and the people they serve. Voters should keep it in mind when state lawmakers beholden to anti-public school forces are up for re-election in 2016.”