KASB provides details of Governor’s K-12 education budget proposal to end the Gannon school finance case here: https://kasb.org/…/details-of-governors-k-12-education-bud…/ Originally posted to Facebook on 01/31/2019....
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We Oppose Senate Tax Cut Proposal
We are just beginning to stabilize our state budget. Now is absolutely the wrong time to gamble on another risky tax cut. It is crystal clear that the full impact of this bill are unknown, and we oppose this bill and will be watching it carefully. We agree with the Kansas Center for Economic Growth: Leave tax policy alone! Read the article here: https://realprosperityks.com/senate-bill-would-experiment-…/ Originally published to Facebook on 01/31/2019....
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Leave a Comment Crowly Courier Travel – Kansas Insight on Charter School by Sharon Iorio
We agree! Sharon Hartin Iorio, Dean Emerita of Wichita State University College of Education, shares her insights about how charter schools can cause problems for public schools. Kansas needs to maintain the controls it has in place to monitor charter schools. http://www.ctnewsonline.com/opinion/article_af1bd3f2-25bd-11e9-95af-0fdb55df4958.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR2CrAFFVs2EuQV_MWazSCcgJCyAR1ZWYE8-EL80IUXNXeouHLdltopHbrM Originally posted to Facebook on 02/01/2019....
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Leave a Comment Let the Games Begin…
The legislative session has begun, and so have the games. One goal we have this session is for our team members to know sometimes things are not as they seem. The first instance we have of this is the bill the Senate passed today to make an additional payment of $115 million to KPERS. It passed 40-0, so that’s great, right? Well, not exactly. Public education supporters generally support making KPERS payments, and anti-public education legislators have in the past been willing to short KPERS when they were more interested in maintaining Brownback’s tax cuts. Today’s bill set...
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