Playing politics with school funding is unacceptable. “An abrupt decision to hold back millions of dollars in federal funding for Kansas schools threatens to make it more difficult for some students to learn English and for poor districts to provide after-school activities. The funding freeze, which will also affect programs...
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Trump freezes federal education funds
The Trump administration, on almost no notice, is witholding billions of dollars of Congressionally appropriated funds from public schools. This is wrong on so many levels. School districts can’t just decide to raise prices and contracts to provide services have likely already been signed. This is cruel politics and is...
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We miss having Steven Becker in the legislature. Here he explains why we shouldn’t elect Supreme Court Justices. “This session, the Kansas Legislature voted to send Senate Concurrent Resolution 1611 to voters. This proposed constitutional amendment creates the direct partisan political election of Kansas Supreme Court justices. Such elections would...
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No comments Private schools choose students
Private schools are not free and open to all and therefore shouldn’t receive public funds. “In a major victory for public school students, a state district court has ruled that Utah’s universal private school voucher program is unconstitutional…On April 18, 2025, a Utah district court judge struck down the voucher...
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