Ask our Kansas Senators Marshall and Moran to sign on to this letter calling for the release of already-appropriated education funds. (Contact information at bottom of post.) Districts received notice that the funds were being withheld just one day from the disbursement date. “Republican members of the U.S. Senate called on Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought in a letter Wednesday to release the $6.8 billion in funds for K-12 schools that the Trump administration is withholding. “The letter marked a major friction point between President Donald Trump and influential lawmakers in his own party as...
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Sen. Gossage meeting with ALEC
ALEC is meeting in Indianapolis. Do you know where your legislators are? Sen. Gossage is on the Education Funding Task Force, and she is certainly not representing the vast majority of her constituents gathering bad policy ideas from an anti-public education bill mill and rubbing elbows with Education Secretary Linda McMahon. She added in the comments that she shares McMahon’s views. Read our summary on ALEC here: Originally posted to Facebook on 7/17/25....
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Leave a Comment See how the federal freeze affects each state
ICYMI. This is unacceptable. “The U.S. Department of Education told states on Monday afternoon that it would not deliver nearly $7 billion from seven K-12 education programs on July 1, as federal law requires. “Five of the programs are formula funding streams that support K-12 school districts, as well as organizations that partner with schools to offer before- and after-school programs. The remaining two support efforts at schools, community colleges, and other organizations to offer adult education—including for literacy and civics instruction. “In March, Congress approved a continuing resolution that carried over federal funding levels from the 2024...
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Leave a Comment State education board seeks to restore school security grants
Towards the end of this year’s session, the legislature rejected the State Board of Education request to continue to provide funding for security grants and instead gave the Attorney General’s office money to be used for video gun detection program no districts requested. The SBOE is now requesting the legislature restore the funding for the securty program. “The board this week agreed to ask lawmakers to approve $15 million to fully fund a program that had been flooded with requests from school districts over the years. The Legislature had started funding the program at about $5 million in...
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