“‘All of us in public education are just beat up daily by the people who don’t believe in public education … it’s been brutal the past three years and it will just be intolerable this year,’ said Bridges, a member of the House Education Committee. ‘So I think there needs...
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Shawnee County board presidents make plea to legislators
“Shawnee County school board presidents on Monday said their districts are bracing for midyear cuts to their budgets, and that the fairness and adequacy of state aid for schools is high on their list of concerns. “In their first effort to present a unified, county-wide voice on public education matters...
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“Have we not been tightening our belts for months?” Hinson said. “And then for the legislature that had the longest session ever to spend all that money [on the excess days in session], and then to spend close to $3 million for this audit, I think that brings concern to...
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“Most anybody involved with or simply interested in either education or state politics would be hard-pressed to forget the late-night sessions that concluded the Kansas Legislature in 2014. “Educators wearing red shirts filled the gallery the first weekend in April while lawmakers suspended one rule after another in order to...
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