Support for public education is part of the Kansas People’s Agenda platform, and Game On will have a table at this event. Sharing from KPA:Please register for the event! https://kansaspeoplesagenda.org/ Get the new year and the new legislature off to a great start! Join hundreds of your fellow Kansans as we demand that our legislators do the PEOPLE’S Business: expand Medicaid, care for the poor, protect the rights of EVERY person in Kansas, and more. A mass rally will be followed by the chance to meet with YOUR legislator so that they hear YOUR voice. 9:30 – Citizen Advocate...
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Topeka Capital-Journal Article: KS Auditors Document State’s Routine Underfunding of Special Ed
The next time you hear our schools are overfunded, remember this example of chronic underfunding we’ve experienced and are just starting to escape.“The state’s budget woes fueled routine underfunding of the formula guiding Kansas appropriations for special education in K-12 public school districts and made it tougher to afford specialized teachers to work with students who were gifted or had a disability, a state audit said. “The analysis revealed lack of compliance from 2012 to 2017 with a Kansas law requiring the state to cover 92 percent of each school district’s special education costs not met by federal...
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Leave a Comment Stand Up Blue Valley’s Patty Logan Responds to KC Star’s Guest Commentary
Yes, thank you, Patty Logan of Stand Up Blue Valley. We also really wish the Kansas City Star had higher standards for printing commentary like this. It wasn’t even just a letter to the editor, but guest commentary (which isn’t subject to the word count limit of letters to the editor like Dr. Logan’s submission). Another example of deception in the letter is comparing general fund allocations without acknowledging that Kansas funds its schools with less local property tax funding than other states. Also, the “guest commentary” cites a US News and World Report piece from 2017 as...
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PRESS EVENT TOMORROW, TUESDAY, JAN. 8THAhead of the 2019 legislative session, parent-led advocacy groups unite in urging the legislature to stay the course on school funding. A press conference is scheduled for tomorrow:Tuesday, January 8, 2019The Kansas Statehouse, TopekaRoom 212-N11:15 a.m. Parent advocates representing several grassroots groups throughout Kansas will be urging state representatives to stay the course on school funding while outlining three key measures to end the cycle of funding litigation. Speaking will be: Judith Deedy, Executive Director, Game On For Kansas Schools, Gail Jamison, President, Goddard Advocates for Public Education, Devin Wilson, Legislative Chair, Kansas PTA Conference...
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