Contact your senator and urge him or her to vote no on the veto override attempt on SB 22. Kansas needs to fund its schools and other essential services and needs to stabilize fiscally before trying another massive tax cut directed mainly at corporations and higher income earners. Originally posted...
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CJ Online: Update on School Funding Negotiations
We support the Senate position. “The talks feature a showdown between House leaders who want to install a fleet of policy demands on public schools and Senate leaders who simply added a $90 million inflation adjustment to the $525 million increase passed a year ago.”https://www.cjonline.com/…/failure-of-kansas-house-to-pass-… Orginally posted to Facebook on 04/02/2019....
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No comments KASB Post re: Funding and Outcomes
“Improving Kansas education levels have a direct economic impact because employees with higher credentials earn more. A higher percentage of Kansas with college degrees in 2017 means higher incomes than would have been if education levels were unchanged from 1990.” https://kasb.org/blog/changes-in-kansas-educational-outcomes-and-funding/ Orginally posted to Facebook on 04/02/2019....
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No comments CJ Online Article re: School Finance
“Kansas House school finance negotiators succumbed to mounting pressure to make a deal Wednesday by accepting the Senate’s bill adding $90 million annually to public school spending in the next four years to comply with a Kansas Supreme Court order.” https://www.cjonline.com/…/kansas-senate-house-break-impass… Originally posted to Facebook on 04/03/2019....
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