Testifying against SB 71 were the Superintendent’s Association, KASB, representatives of several districts, PTA, Game On, and MainStream Coalition, and the only one testifying for the bill was the paid lobbyist for the low-tax, free-market, Koch-funded Kansas Policy Institute.

“At an often-heated hearing, Sen. Ty Masterson, R-Andover, clashed with opponents of SB 71 about whether the reduction in state funding for schools this year amounts to a cut. Masterson called it ‘a reduction to an increase,’ and after the hearing, he said use of the term ‘cut’ was ‘liberal’ and ‘leftist.'”

 

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