This is a long article but worth the read for its clear explanations of why liberals and conservatives oppose vouchers. Just swap out Kansas for Texas. “Most Democrats, teachers, and public school supporters disagree. They have many arguments, but the unifying theme is that vouchers would bleed money from the...
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No comments Monthly Archives: March 2025
SCR 1611, eliminating Supreme Court appointments, clears legislature
Voting for the constitutional amendment to force the election of our Supreme Court Justices was a vote against public education. The courts have been absolutely essential in protecting public education funding in our state, and legislators cannot have been ignorant of that. It was not a vote to give the...
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We are watching the legislature and hope you are, too. For the second day in a row SB 87 (voucher expansion-tax credit “scholarship”) was passed over. We have been told it’s because they don’t have the votes to pass it. That should be good news, but we’re also hearing that...
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No comments Staggering impact on JoCo schools from inadequate state SPED funding
This story is out of Johnson County, but applies to districts across the state. Underfunding SPED is real and hurts all students. “In their letter, the superintendents acknowledged that last year the Legislature moved closer to the statutory requirement. Still, the three school districts said they’d transferred a combined $230.3...
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