We don’t normally post about federal education policy as we always have a lot going on in Kansas, but the dismantling of the Department of Education is a disaster, especially for poor and rural Kansans. Even if Congress doesn’t officially abolish it, President Trump has slashed its staff so it can no longer do its job. Hugoton USD 210 Superintendent Adrian Howie explains why this is so awful in this post on Facebook. Urge your US Representative and our Senators to act now! Originally shared to Facebook 3/24/2025 from Adrian Howie’s post on 3/21/2025....
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All students are impacted when SPED isn’t fully-funded
This post is from our friends at Stand Up Blue Valley but applies throughout the state. Underfunding SPED hurts ALL students, and the current status is unacceptable, yet our legislators don’t feel compelled to act. It wil also be unacceptable if they try to address the underfunding in the conference committee by using SPED funding as a bargaining chip for voucher expansion. Just stop the games, do the right thing and fund SPED. Also, in August remember how this is being played out and realize how much Kansas legislative leadership and their dark money funders hate having the...
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Leave a Comment MAGA Moms and the Republican Resistance to School Vouchers
This is a long article but worth the read for its clear explanations of why liberals and conservatives oppose vouchers. Just swap out Kansas for Texas. “Most Democrats, teachers, and public school supporters disagree. They have many arguments, but the unifying theme is that vouchers would bleed money from the state’s chronically underfunded public education system, weakening it and leaving schools more segregated by class, race, and disability. Many rural Republicans – the backbone of the Texas Republican Party – share this concern. They also oppose vouchers because to get any benefit out of the program there must...
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Leave a Comment SCR 1611, eliminating Supreme Court appointments, clears legislature
Voting for the constitutional amendment to force the election of our Supreme Court Justices was a vote against public education. The courts have been absolutely essential in protecting public education funding in our state, and legislators cannot have been ignorant of that. It was not a vote to give the people a voice-it was a vote to allow our justices to be bought by dark money interests that oppose public education. And the courts are supposed to be the one branch of government that does not respond to the will of the people but protects rights under the...
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