Thank you to the Topeka Capital Journal for publishing our response to Rep. Ryckman’s recent op ed which ran in papers throughout the state. Elected officials are entitled to share their perspective, but it’s important to give the public the opportunity to provide omitted information and correct inaccurate statements. The Kansas City Star and Wichita Eagle have so far declined to publish our response.

“Rep. Ryckman’s concept of how to deal with fiscal uncertainty in the future defies common sense and abdicates his responsibility. His overall theme is that we must ‘help’ our children by avoiding promising them adequately funded schools, because that promise might be challenging to keep in the future. Instead, he urges Kansans to ignore actual estimates on the cost of educating our children, and instead for schools to make do with less, regardless of needs, regardless of state standards. Rep. Ryckman’s stance is particularly ironic given his support for SB22, a tax cut proposal that would blow a much bigger hole in the budget than the inflation adjustment that just passed.”

https://www.cjonline.com/…/judith-deedy-house-speaker-off-b…

Originally posted to Facebook on 04/23/2019.