“Kansas school districts are facing financial pressures after losing $51 million they expected to receive for the current school year after Gov. Sam Brownback signed a school funding overhaul bill in March. The new school funding plan scraps the previous formula for determining state aid and replaces it with block grants, which will give districts a fixed amount of money for the next two years while the Legislature develops a new formula. “The Twin Valley board … members said in a news release that the district was having difficulty withstanding ‘the present mid-year, unplanned financial cuts recently signed...
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Topeka West students speaking up on education funding
Here’s another Kansas student speaking up. Topeka West Junior “Julio Rivera just wants state lawmakers to hear how cuts to the Kansas education budget are affecting him and his younger siblings…’Kansas leaders need to hear us. We need jobs and college once we graduate. It’s up to us to make a difference. We can’t be ignored anymore.’” Read more here: http://cjonline.com/news/2015-04-02/kansas-leaders-need-hear-us-topeka-west-students-voice-concern-state-kansas...
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Leave a Comment Throwback Thursday Libertarian platform opposing public schools
TBT. Here’s a post we did while ago but it’s worth repeating. Quote of the day from the 1980 Libertarian presidential platform in 1980 when David Koch was the Vice Presidential candidate: “We advocate the complete separation of education and State. Government schools lead to the indoctrination of children and interfere with the free choice of individuals. Government ownership, operation, regulation, and subsidy of schools and colleges should be ended.” Kansans should remember that the Koch brothers and their funded entities including Americans for Prosperity and the Kansas Policy Institute have a great deal of influence over many...
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Leave a Comment SMAC PTA and JOCO superintendents oppose changes to school board elections
Sharing from the Shawnee Mission Area Council PTA SMAC PTA Action Alert – April 2, 2015 OPPOSE Changing Local Elections (HB 2104 Conference Committee Report) All 6 superintendents of the Johnson County public school districts sent a joint statement yesterday to the entire Johnson County delegation of state legislators, in opposition to changing local elections (see email below). Help stop this bill today. Contact your legislators and let them know that you oppose the changes to local elections too. This bill is close to passing and your phone calls and emails could change that outcome. · Call your...
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