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Kris Kobach wants to end the lawsuit keeping Kansas public schools funded. Awful idea

We oppose Kobach’s request for the court to end its jurisdiction over the Gannon case. “History shows that when Kansas legislators are left to their own devices, they fall back on bad habits that underfund the state’s community and neighborhood schools. That is a particular danger now, when the Republicans who run the legislative branch have made plain their desire to divert tax dollars from public education to vouchers for home and private schooling… “A little bit of background is helpful here. The Gannon case was actually the second big lawsuit this century against the state for its...
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State Assessments Rebound; Numerous Other Measures On the Rise

For the past several years we have objected to criticisms of test scores that didn’t acknowledge chronic underfunding and the impact of a global pandemic. We are putting the pandemic behind us, and the Gannon funding is finally phased in (though SPED underfunding is cutting into some of that progress), and scores are rising and other measures of student success are also increasing. Now let’s keep going. See the full report here: https://www.kasb.org/45132?articleID=143670&fbclid=IwAR3o4byurPaZ7f7RMUH0OJWRsmu8bsUyqkpHZ54PAAEf74x6Y5fNBW0gf_I Originally posted on Facebook on Oct. 17, 2023....
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Kobach asks Supreme Court to give up jurisdiction in education case

“Judith Deedy, executive director of Game on Kansas, a public education advocacy group, said she was ‘vehemently’ opposed to the court giving up jurisdiction. “’This school year is the first year of full funding of the Gannon agreement,’ Deedy said, alluding to the last name of the lead plaintiff in the school case. “’We are seeing a corresponding rise in student achievement and at the same time have heard numerous statements from legislators over the past several years indicating their irritation at having to comply with Gannon,’ she said in an email. “’The Legislature’s refusal to comply with...
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