Who would be helped if school districts have to pay back funds Sen. Denning thinks they shouldn’t have received? What is Sen. Denning trying to accomplish here? How does that help students? No one is contending schools made a profit on transportation funding. From the KASB Blog: “Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning, R-Overland Park, says school districts may have to repay millions of dollars in transportation funding allocated by the Kansas State Department of Education.” https://kasb.org/0131-2/ Originally posted to Facebook on 1/31/18....
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KCUR Article on Recent Call for Education Funding Audit
We appreciate this thoughtful piece. We are not opposed to an audit of school funding. However, we adamantly oppose any suggestion that because of the recent issue with calculating transportation funding, none of KSDE’s work on the formula should be trusted. We will also adamantly oppose any attempt to delay or reduce the legislature’s Gannon response while an audit is undertaken. “When they asked teh education agency to suspend Dennis, it rattled educators and lawmakers [and education advocates] frustrated that Kansas continues, according to court rulings, to spend too little on its schools.” “They fear conservatives and the...
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Patty Evans Markley shared the following infographic from the Forward OP strategic planning session in Overland Park. We’d say that the heart of this image is true for communities all over Kansas. If you live in Overland Park, you might want to share this with your legislator. Originally posted to Facebook on 1/31/18....
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The Kochs are stepping up their game and looking to further attack public education. Please remember the primary goal of the Koch’s efforts is eliminating taxes, and publicly funded education is the biggest obstacle to that goal. From the Washington Post: “Leaders of the network dreamed of disrupting the status quo, customizing learning and breaking the teacher unions. One initial priority is expanding educational saving accounts and developing technologies that would let parents pick and choose private classes or tutors for their kids the same way people shop on Amazon. They envision making it easy for families to...
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