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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Rep. Becker shares survey results
We think Rep. Becker’s survey results reflect how a lot of Kansans feel. Now we just need to get our legislature to vote accordingly, or get some new legislators. Thank you for sharing, Rep. Becker! As I head back to Topeka today to begin the 2016 Legislative session, I wanted to share the results of the survey that I received back from you. NEWSLETTER SURVEY RESULTS If you remember, in early November I mailed a newsletter with a short survey on a variety of issues. I was pleasantly surprised to receive over 200 surveys in return mail. I...
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Leave a Comment KPI and Lunn willing to jeopardize JOCO schools
“But KPI and Lunn are willing to plumb the depths and cut to the bone because their priority is tax cutting, not education. They would sacrifice quality education for their crusade. “Certainly, their efforts are not about improving schools. “It baffles me that a state legislator from Johnson County, an area that prizes education, would experiment with our children’s future.” Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/steve-rose/article53803650.html...
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Leave a Comment No, KS cannot afford to give up $510 million per year in federal funding
We were extremely disappointed in the draft report of the K-12 Student Success Committee. Here’s another example of what was wrong with it and why we are left with the impression that they are failing to listen to the people who actually understand public education funding. “The tabled first draft of the K-12 Student Success Interim Study Committee’s report called federal education funding a ‘burden’ and ‘cost driver’ because it can obligate the state to do data collection, testing and record keeping. The report suggested Kansas ‘study the receiving of federal funds to determine the cost-benefit ratio.’ Especially...
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