For a while, it looked like representatives in the Kansas House might do the right thing, but in the end, they went against the expressed interests and concerns of school districts and school advocates throughout Kansas. Why should it matter what we say? When leadership wants the bill, you pass the bill. Their committee chair seats matter more than doing the right thing. Despite all the hours that went into the drafting of the school finance bill last year, they just passed on final action (63-61 the bare minimum required to pass) a bill that didn’t even exist 2 weeks ago. They are leaving a legacy of disregard for the citizens they are supposed to be representing and of a march towards continuing litigation. Leadership was carefully monitoring that vote but so were we. This post has been updated to include vote counts. The bill dealing with the funding will be up soon. Stay tuned.
VOTE COUNTS
Please thank those who voted against this bad bill: Alcala, Amyx, Baker, Ballard, Benson, Bishop, Burroughs, Carlin, Carmichael, Clayton, Collins, Cox, Curtis, Dierks, Dietrich, Donohoe, Dove, Finney, Frownfelter, Gartner, Helgerson, Henderson, Hibbard, Highberger, Hodge, Holscher, Horn, Jennings, Karleskint, Kessinger, Kuether, Long, Lusk, Mastroni, Moore, Murnan, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Orr, Ousley, Parker, Phillips, Pittman, Probst, L. Ruiz, S. Ruiz, Samsel, Sawyer, Schreiber, Stogsdill, Thompson, Victors, Ward, Warfield, Weigel, Wheeler, Whipple, Winn, Wolfe Moore, Woodard, Xu
Are these representatives who voted for this bill representing you? Arnberger, Awerkamp, Barker, Bergquist, Blex, Burris, Capps, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Claeys, Clark, Concannon, Corbet, Croft, Delperdang, Ellis, Eplee, Erickson, Esau, Finch, Francis, French, Garber, Hawkins, Helmer, Highland, Hineman, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Houser, Howard, Huebert, Humphries, Jacobs, Johnson, Kelly, Landwehr, Lynn, Mason, Owens, Pannbacker, Patton, Proehl, Rahjes, Ralph, Resman, Rhiley, Ryckman, Seiwert, A. Smith, E. Smith, Straub, Sutton, Tarwater, Thimesch, Thomas, Toplikar, Vickrey, Waggoner, Warren, Wasinger, Waymaster, Williams
Rep. Carlson was absent.
Originally posted to Facebook on 03/26/2019.