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North Carolina Shows What Happens to School Funding When Judges are Elected

Supporters of the constitutional amendment to elect Supreme Court justices want to overturn our school funding decisions. Our concerns are real as North Carolina recently showed us. Please make sure your family and friends who support public education understand what is at stake and go vote between now and August 4th! “The long-delayed ruling had been expected after the 2022 elections flipped the court majority to Republicans. The court’s Republican majority then agreed to block the money transfer and rehear the case over the objections of the Democratic justices. ‘Education opens doors of opportunity for children, but today...
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Electing Supreme Court Justices Tied to School Funding

And here’s a third example of how the effort to change how we select Supreme Court justices is directly tied to school funding, and has been a goal for anti-public education legislators for years. Please make sure your friends and neighbors understand this and get out and vote! Originally posted on facebook o July 26, 2026...
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Vote No to Protect our Schools

A few weeks ago, we shared a quote from candidate for governor/Senate President Ty Masterson about electing justices so they aren’t forced to spend money on schools. Though they don’t usually say it out loud, this has been an ongoing effort for over a decade. Here’s a quote from Tim Owens sharing what then-Governor Brownback told him. The constitutional amendment is directly related to public education funding. Vote No on August 4th to protect our public schools and they children they serve. Originally posted on facebook on July 26, 2026...
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Coordinated Effort to take over Kansas State Board of Education

Hey Game On team members in State Board of Education Districts 5 and 9 (which cover most of western, central and southeastern Kansas), there is a coordinated effort to take over our SBOE, and there are very important primaries in your districts! Jean Clifford is a long-time supporter of Kansas public schools and was a responsible member of the SBOE during her previous term. Destry Brown was an educator in five different school districts in Kansas before retiring. Their opponents are supported by the 1776 Project PAC (an out-of-state PAC that has already made multiple attempts to take...
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