Testimony before the House Committee on Education in opposition to House Bill 2457 – Amending the tax credit for low income students scholarship program act by Judith Deedy, Executive Director of Game On for Kansas Schools February 2, 2016 Mr. Chair, Members of the Committee: I came here today as a parent of public school students and as a member of the Game On for Kansas Schools leadership team. I appreciate the opportunity to testify on the proposed expansion of the tax credit scholarship bill and to explain our opposition to House Bill 2457. Game on for Kansas...
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Republicans warned they’ll be postcarded if they don’t support changes to Supreme Court Justice selection
Our courts are under attack, too. Please tell legislators like Rep. Clayton who are willing to protect our independent judiciary that you will not fall for postcard attacks. The Carr case will be used as the justification for trying to change judicial selection, but if you think this doesn’t have anything to do with school funding, you haven’t been paying attention. From the Twitterverse:...
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Leave a Comment Revenue down AGAIN but House Ed discusses expanding tax credit for private school scholarships
And yet, today there will be a hearing on giving tax credits for money given for students to attend private schools. We’ll be testifying against it. “Kansas revenue fell $6.8 million below [lowered] expectations in January, continuing an almost uninterrupted streak during the past several months of worse-than-expected collections for the state.” Read more here: http://cjonline.com/news/2016-02-01/kansas-revenue-68m-below-estimates-january...
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Leave a Comment Supt. of Madison-Virgil USD 386 issues call
Here’s a message from Supt. of Madison-Virgil USD 386. Please heed his call and make your voices heard on all of these bills. Today, this proud tradition is at great risk with HB2504. HB2504 was introduced by Representative John Bradford (R) – Lansing. The bill was introduced as a school “realignment” bill, but has largely become known as the school “consolidation” bill. This bill would reduce the number of school districts from 286 to approximately 132 by forcing districts to merge together. In counties with less than 10,000 students, there would be a single countywide school district. Greenwood...
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