ACTION ALERT: Yesterday in the House Education Committee, Chair Clay Aurand indicated he would not “work” the bill to restore teacher due process (which was originally removed in 2014, during late night hours, at the end of the session, tacked onto the initial bill to fund the original Gannon equity decision). This new bill to restore due process has bipartisan support in the committee. According to the story we’re linking, Rep. Aurand indicated the issue was divisive and passing the bill could “jeopardize support for a yet-to-be-written bill overhauling the state’s system of financing K-12 public schools.” Game...
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Game On submits input on new school finance formula
We submitted our input on a new school funding formula to the governor yesterday. You can read it here....
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Leave a Comment Game On and other JOCO education advocates support retaining judges and justices
“We have watched as Governor Brownback and his allies in the legislature complained bitterly about rulings to adequately fund education for nearly 500,000 children in Kansas public schools,” said Judith Deedy, Executive Director of Game On. “As parents, we are grateful to have one branch of government that can’t be bought or bullied and we will vote yes to retain our justices.” Read more here: http://bluevalleypost.com/2016/11/02/johnson-county-pro-education-groups-encourage-voters-retain-supreme-court-justices-46200 Here is our full statement: I’m Judith Deedy, and I am a parent of a 9th grader and two 7th graders in the Shawnee Mission School District. I also serve as the volunteer...
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Leave a Comment Further information for thank you notes
For further information on the recipients of thank you notes in Sedgwick County, please see Game On for Kansas Schools Sedgwick County roster http://gameonforkansasschools.com/2016/10/game-on-releases-rosters-for-2016-general-elections/, Kansas PTA’s Wichita vote counts http://www.kansas-pta-legislative.org/sites/default/files/ProfileKsEducVotesWichita2016Reg3.pdf and http://www.kansas-pta-legislative.org/sites/default/files/ProfileKsEducVotesSoCentral2016Reg3correction.pdf and KNEA’s Voter Guide https://indd.adobe.com/view/e3378b0b-1d8a-4ff6-927d-e36c2fceeee4 ...
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