This year, we will have three walks converging on Topeka: the original route from Merriam, and two new routes from Manhattan and Emporia. This page is for the Manhattan walk. If you would like to join us for any or all of the walk, or if you can’t walk but can otherwise volunteer (drivers are also needed), please sign up using this Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Oqv0H3iU1sqF44QHGr950llK7vnz4kyOWTFqrQ92XZg/viewform?c=0&w=1. We will coordinate transportation and meals so it is really necessary that we know how many are participating in the walk portions. We will walk March 11th-March 13th, and we will be...
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Action Alert on Supreme Court Justice Appointment Process
So, this week we’ve got a school bond bill, a tax credit scholarship expansion bill, a school district consolidation bill, a bill to make it easier to criminally prosecute teachers, and now a Constitutional Amendment to change how Supreme Court justices are selected, which will be heard in the House tomorrow. Contact your legislators and urge them to vote NO on HCR 5005. This is an assault on school funding and our independent judiciary. Our courts need to be independent from the other two legislative branches. Our government is established to have two branches that respond to political...
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Kansas PTA 715 SW 10th Street, Topeka KS 66612 www.kansas-pta-legislative.org kansaspta@gmail.com Testimony to House Committee on Education Honorable Chair, Representative Ron Highland, DVM, PhD Sue Mollenkamp, Committee Assistant, 785-296-7310 Sue.Mollenkamp@house.ks.gov Room 112-N Hearing, 1:30 pm Location: 112-N, Mon, Feb 1, 2016 Written Testimony from the Kansas PTA Opposed to HB2486 – School District Bond state oversite Review Board Chairman Highland and Committee Members, Thank you for the opportunity to submit written testimony regarding HB2486 – state mandated school district bond review board. The Kansas PTA encourages committee members to oppose this bill in favor of a more thorough...
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Leave a Comment Kansas PTA testifies against tax credit scholarship expansion
Kansas PTA 715 SW 10th Street, Topeka KS 66612 www.kansas-pta-legislative.org kansaspta@gmail.com Testimony to House Committee on Education Honorable Chair, Representative Ron Highland, DVM, PhD Sue Mollenkamp, Committee Assistant, 785-296-7310 Sue.Mollenkamp@house.ks.gov Room 112-N Hearing, 1:30 pm Location: 112-N, Tues, Feb 2, 2016 Testimony Kansas PTA Opposed to HB2457 – Tax Credit Scholarship Expansion Chairman Highland and Committee Members, Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony regarding HB2457 – tax credit scholarship expansion. The Kansas PTA is here today in opposition to this proposed bill. Kansas PTA still shares the same concerns expressed in 2014, when we first testified in...
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