While citizens need to be civil to legislators, legislators should also be respectful of the citizens who come to the Capitol. The legislature has been in session for two months, and now the House K-12 Education Budget Committee has given about 24 hours notice for the submission of testimony on...
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No comments Monthly Archives: March 2019
KASB’s Tallman shows funding matters in new report
KASB’s Mark Tallman has a new post on the history of Kansas educational outcomes and funding. He concludes, yes, funding does matter. We ask why we keep having to answer that question. https://kasb.org/blog/school-finance-questions-student-outcomes-followed-changes-in-funding/ Originally posted on Facebook 3/21/19...
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No comments Update on the evening of Thursday, March 21st
The House K-12 Education Budget Committee met and promptly voted down the governor’s plan, which had already passed the Senate. They then voted to pass two bad bills. One essentially has much of the policy from HB 2395, and the other has their funding plan, which only includes two years...
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No comments KNEA provides update on action in House K-12 Education Budget Committee
This is a very helpful summary of what happened in the House K-12 Education Budget Committee yesterday. Please contact your representative and tell him or her to vote no on House Sub HB 2395 and House Sub SB 16. These bills take us in the wrong direction and further from...
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