Here’s a tip. If your legislator acts like the block grant funding, which freezes operational budgets at unconstitutional levels, takes away some of the equalization aid that was granted to comply with the Gannon equity decision, and fails to account for rising enrollment was a wonderful thing for Kansas schools, and cites Kansas Policy Institute numbers on school funding, your legislator is not what we would call pro-public education....
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Schwab continues attacks on schools
“[C]halk this up as just another way for Republican legislators to threaten and bully school districts that dare to try to rally people to see things their way. “It’s par for the course for politics these days in Kansas, where Brownback’s income tax cuts have failed to produce the jobs and revenues once promised. “As a result, K-12 schools will be suffering for years to come from being underfunded, unless the courts step in and rectify the situation. “Scott Schwab, it appears, won’t be rushing to assist the schools in that category.” Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/yael-t-abouhalkah/article41172225.html...
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Leave a Comment Economists agree tax cuts have had enough time
This does not bode well for school funding. “I randomly called half a dozen economists from around the country. They’re at major think tanks and major universities far from Kansas, and they don’t have any dog in the Kansas dispute. I asked this: Have the tax cuts had enough time to work? “Economists don’t agree on much, but they agreed on this, and they were unanimous: Yes, the tax cuts have had plenty of time. No question about it.” Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/local-columnists/article40955946.html...
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Leave a Comment Wichita district encourages others to speak up
“Schools need to speak up or lose more money. That’s the message from the state’s largest district today. Wichita’s chief financial officer is encouraging other districts to spend more time talking to lawmakers about what it takes to educate your children.” Read more here: http://m.kwch.com/news/speak-up-is-message-from-lead-kansas-educator/35992982...
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