“If the tax cut become law, attempts to cut school funding will follow — the GOP will claim a self-imposed budget crisis. That, too, is a replay of the Brownback movie… “All of this is confusing and disappointing on a policy level. But it is horrible politics, too. “Kelly won...
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No comments Monthly Archives: June 2019
KASB Infographic on education and the state general fund
Shared by Shannon Kimball USD 497 Board of Ed on Facebook on February 12, 2019: “We often hear concerns that K-12 education takes up half of the state general fund budget; that this level of funding is not sustainable, and that K-12 aid – partially in response to school finance...
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No comments Game On Testimony – SB44, School Funding
Game On testified on two different bills in the Capitol today. The first was SB44, which is the governor’s school funding plan. We testified in favor of this bill and in particular in support of promptly adding funding for inflation during the phase-in of the funding passed by the legislature...
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No comments Game On Testimony, HB 2166 re: mandating financial literacy
Game On testified in the House Education Committee in opposition to House Bill 2166 which would require every district to offer a financial literacy course and would require every Kansas high school student to pass a semester-long course during their junior or senior year to graduate high school. Although financial...
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