On June 16, Game On was among those testifying against amending the Kansas Constitution in response to recent rulings on school funding. Here is our testimony. Testimony before the Joint Meeting of House Committee on Judiciary and Senate Committee on Judiciary Regarding Proposed Constitutional Amendment Prohibiting School Closure and Other Potential Constitutional Amendments Pertaining to School Finance by Erin Gould of Game On for Kansas Schools June 16, 2016 Members of the Committees: Thank you for the opportunity to communicate our concerns with amending the Kansas Constitution in response to orders by the Kansas Supreme Court in school funding...
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NY Times accurately describes Kansas situation
This is a great summary of our current situation. “These concerns have turned many previously content parents into activists demanding that Mr. Brownback reverse course on his large tax cuts in order to free up money for public schools. “’The overall sentiment here is, ‘We need different representation in Topeka that will stand up to the governor,’’ said Cindy Neely, a registered Republican and guidance counselor who said her school district was ‘constantly’ looking for places to trim its budget. ‘It feels like, in Kansas, the last two to three years have just been constant stress and constant...
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Leave a Comment Kansans need to support public education supporters
Kansans, including Johnson Countians, need to support candidates who support public education (for real and not just when campaigning). “For now, Republican voters who go to the polls in August have a responsibility to restore some sanity in Kansas. They need to make it much more difficult, even impossible, for Brownback to ram through his destructive agenda before he has to step down in early 2019.” Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article80484967.html#storylink=cpy...
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Leave a Comment Tight funding and bad choices
“Tight state funding is prompting some Kansas school districts to make tough choices — choices that, in some cases, they believe are not in the best interests of their students.” http://m.ljworld.com/news/2016/may/31/editorial-school-choices/?templates=mobile&opinion=...
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