UPDATE April 4, 2024 1:00 pm: SB 387 has narrowly passed the House 65-58. Contact your Senator and urge a NO vote TODAY. We join the Kansas Association of School Boards, USA-Kansas (the state superintendents association), the Kansas State Board of Education, the Kansas Association of Special Education Administrators and KNEA in opposing SB 387 as agreed to in conference earlier today (Wednesday, April 3). Please contact your legislators and urge them to reject SB 387 and support a clean bill with true state-funded special education increases and full Gannon funding. Their statement follows. “This bill does not...
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Arizonans and Floridians warn of negative impacts of vouchers, as Kansas lobbyist push similar vouchers models
We participate regularly in Zoom meetings organized by Save Our Schools Arizona, and we encourage Kansans to heed the advice of Arizonans and Floridians who have experienced the negative impacts of vouchers. These states aren’t models as some legislators and Koch-funded lobbyists claim-they’re cautionary tales. “Arizona and Florida are considered ‘No. 1 in school choice’ by the dark money special interests that have spent millions to push vouchers onto our states. This means public schools are underfunded in service of private school vouchers. Rural students and low-income families have fewer quality choices, while richer suburban families use vouchers...
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Leave a Comment Recordings reveal conservative political groups pressure lawmakers to vote for school vouchers in Tenn.; Kansas lawmakers face similar pressures
The same thing happens in Kansas. AFP and affilated groups have a very strong presence here, and legislators are threatened with primaries, postcards attacking them, loss of committee chair jobs, etc. when voting against vouchers, even when they know vouchers would hurt their communities. We need our citizens to be aware of this game and protect those legislators who vote with their constituents and not with AFP. Read full article here: https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/revealed/revealed-secret-recording-shows-pressure-on-republican-lawmakers-to-vote-for-school-vouchers?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0WkG2A8PalnSzqNsRpa7B-rV4whvZEQGCTy6gIsrPj_t4LI3PPgCvYpVE_aem_ASlMiUZZXyewIS7GTquYRb99VDi3la3BkJJ-gqrAYiZT7NxQGU1BZVn37NabQApLSJ2ScmwkXUI0q-_Zgpiawo6e Originally posted to Facebook on March 27th, 2024....
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Leave a Comment House Narrowly Passes Troubling Education Budget Bill, House Sub SB 387
We have bad news and good news. House Sub SB 387 (bad Frankenstein bill with K-12 education budget and SPED funding increase held hostage with bad policy provisions) has passed the House 65-58. The good news is that it only had 2 more votes than needed to pass (and 2 not present). This bill was terrible, and legislators should stop allowing this irresponsible form of legislating to continue. Note how long the title of the bill is. The included bills should have gone to the House floor separately, and this bill should not have been a gut and...
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