Rep. Highland is supporting another ALEC neo-voucher, “Education Spending Accounts” in a new funding formula. “A proposed new Kansas school funding formula would allow parents to use tax funds for private schools, and it would prohibit school districts from spending state aid money on extracurricular activities… Under the bill, parents could use 70 percent of the per-pupil state aid that would have gone to their local school district to instead pay for private schools, including religious schools or home schools. Such accounts would be administered by the state treasurer… “Rep. Ron Highland, a Wamego Republican and chairman of...
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Cox to challenge Hildabrand in Republican primary
“’The direction the state is going, it just seems to be downtrending, and the Legislature and governor appear to be doubling down on a bad strategy,’ he said, explaining that he has been complaining about the negative results of the state government’s actions for some time. ‘Someone said, ‘So why don’t you run and try to do something about it,’ and that really resonated with me. There’s no reason not to try to step and up and make a difference.’ “Cox said as a product of the Shawnee Mission school district, one of his main concerns in supporting...
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We have multiple, significant concerns about HB 2741 (new school finance bill). Read about it here: http://kcur.org/post/new-kansas-school-funding-formula-proposal-raises-questions-and-hackles#stream/0...
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Leave a Comment Frustrated Kansans challenging incumbents
“A number of Republicans will challenge Kansas GOP representatives and senators in the August primaries. They are, on the whole, more moderate than those they seek to unseat — breaking with GOP legislative leaders on schools and taxes. “If successful, the insurgent candidates would represent at least a partial reversal to what has been a rising tide of hard-right conservatives in the Legislature over the past four years. They could chip away at the grip conservatives have over the House and Senate, especially if Democrats also pick up seats.” Read more here: http://cjonline.com/news/2016-03-31/frustrated-topeka-insurgent-gop-candidates-hope-upset-incumbents....
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