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Blue Valley community monitoring local legislators

Blue Valley is in the game! Are your legislators representing your community? If not, do your neighbors know? “’Our legislators are not reflecting what the Blue Valley community really holds as something very important to us,’ said Patty Logan, a Blue Valley parent who sits on the group’s steering committee.” http://fox4kc.com/2016/02/10/blue-valley-parents-keeping-a-close-eye-on-ks-supreme-court-decision-about-school-funding/...
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Schools for Fair Funding issues release on Gannon equity decision

For Immediate Release – February 11, 2016 Kansas Supreme Court Orders Legislature to Level the Playing Field for Less Wealthy Districts New School Finance System Must be Implemented on Equity by June 30 (Topeka, KS) A coalition of Kansas school districts said the Kansas Supreme Court school funding ruling today is affirmation that the Kansas constitutional promise to education must be kept. Schools for Fair Funding represents more than one-third of Kansas public school children. Today’s ordered actions will simply fulfill what the Kansas constitution required all along, according to SFFF. “Our kids should not be required to...
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PV Post shares NEJOCO reactions to Gannon equity decision

From the Prairie Village Post: Rep. Barbara Bollier (R, Mission Hills): “I am not surprised by the ruling released the morning. The Kansas Supreme Court has found that our block grant system of funding is NOT equitable. I voted against these block grants knowing that they did not meet constitutional muster. The court says we must follow our constitution and have until June 30 to fix it. By giving us until June 30 and by staying the adequacy portion of the lawsuit, we have a great opportunity to shape a funding formula that constitutionally provides an excellent education...
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