Our own Judith Deedy had the opportunity to participate in this thoughtful podcast on the remote/in-person situation. Check it out. Update: the SM Schools bond issue discussed passed 69/31. Originally posted to Facebook 1/31/2021....
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No comments Monthly Archives: February 2021
Public Money is for PUBLIC Goods
This post is from Iowa, but we agree with the sentiment. The Kansas House K-12 Education Budget will be hearing HB 2119, an Education Savings Account bill, on Monday, February 8th. We plan to be there to tell them our members believe public money should be for public schools, not...
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Legislators Fast-Tracking Tax Credit Scholarship (Voucher) Program Our first Action Alert of the 2021 legislative session. The Senate Education Committee and House K-12 Education Budget Committee have passed identical bills SB 61 and HB 2068, the tax credit expansion bill out of their committees. This bill is being fast-tracked. Please...
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“The pandemic has required all of us to improvise, adapt, and overcome. This is a public health emergency. Proposing these extreme policy changes as a reaction to the past year is irresponsible. Students have been and will continue to be impacted by this disaster, and our Constitutional obligation is to...
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