“Two term incumbent Rep. Jerry Lunn of south Overland Park has drawn a challenger in the Republican race for the District 28 House seat he’s occupied since 2013. “Joy Koesten of south Leawood filed late last month for the August 2 primary. No Democrats have filed for the race to date. “Koesten’s campaign said in a release announcing her candidacy that she’s running as an “Eisenhower Republican” focused on encouraging critical thought and the preservation of Kansas’s traditionally high quality of life…Bank of Blue Valley President and CEO Bob Regnier is serving as Koesten’s treasurer.” Read more here: http://bluevalleypost.com/2016/01/13/incumbent-jerry-lunn-draws-challenge-from-joy-koesten-in-dist-28-gop-primary-44085...
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A & M issues draft efficiency recommendations
The draft report from the consultants hired by the legislature to find efficiencies has been released. Here are the education recommendations: consolidation of health insurance and switching to a high-deductible plan, more consolidation of purchasing and property and casualty insurance and spending down cash balances. (Photo credit Scott Rothschild shared via Twitter.)...
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Leave a Comment KASB, KSSA and USA Kansas respond to revised report
Legislative Research has completed its revision of the draft of the Report of the Special Committee on K-12 Student Success (available at http://www.kasb.org/assets/Advocacy/16/K12StudentRedraft.pdf), and the Kansas Association of School Boards, the Kansas School Superintendents Association, and United School Administrators of Kansas have written a response. Here’s their response: http://www.kasb.org/assets/Advocacy/16/Response-K12Report011216.pdf....
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Leave a Comment Walk 2016, March 11-14
Block grants freeze operating funding, state fiscal crisis casts doubt on short- and long-term funding ability, legislative committee fails to make visible progress on a rational funding formula, legislature continues assaults on courts in retaliation for school funding decisions, school board elections moved over nearly-unanimous objections by school boards, teachers demoralized by legislature, numbers of students living in poverty and with special needs rising, all while we are told our students must compete globally and achieve higher levels. This is not acceptable. Parents, teachers, school board members, school administrators, join us, walk with us and show Kansans who...
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