The COVID pandemic is unprecedented and temporary, but bills being pushed by anti-public education legislators would do long-term harm to our public schools and the children they serve. Our friends at KASB posted some good information about voucher programs and their reasons for opposing HB 2068. Make sure your legislators...
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No comments Monthly Archives: January 2021
Testimony Opposing HB 2068 and SB 61 – Tax Credit Scholarship Expansion
We had a nice break from Action Alerts and assaults on Kansas public education that looked they wouldn’t move beyond committees, but the 2018 and 2020 elections saw the replacement of multiple pro-public education legislators with ultra cons. Wednesday, January 26th both the Senate Education Committee and the House K-12...
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Game On for Kansas Schools is among the grassroots organizations supporting this effort to promote effective education policy in the Biden administration. “The promises made during the campaign drew support from public education advocates across the nation. With those promises in mind, these are the top five K-12 priorities that...
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No comments Cash Balances Reminder: 2019 Kansas Legislative Post Audit Finding Recommended NO Changes to Kansas Schools Cash Balance Practices
BOOKMARK THIS FOR THE UPCOMING KANSAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION Anti-public education legislators and lobbyists love to criticize district cash balances, often choosing to look at the balances at particular times of the year (like right before August bills get paid) or failing to acknowledge that funds are responsibly used to build...
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