Exactly! “Let’s say you’re a third-grader forced to use an outdated textbook for another year or a sophomore using old laboratory equipment. Brownback’s request for more time means you’re out of luck — it’s just unfortunate that you happen to be a public school student now, when taxes have dipped and operational per-pupil spending must be pared back. “The state has plenty of time. You? Maybe not…[E]xpecting today’s students to sacrifice because the economy might get better down the road is a pretty tough ask. “Yet that’s what Brownback wants.” http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/local-columnists/article13527149.html...
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House committee approves moving local elections to fall of even years
Also yesterday the House Elections committee approved a bill that would move local elections, including school board elections, to the fall of EVEN years which would put them in the same election cycle as state and federal elections. How much attention do you think your school board elections will receive under that scenario? Read more here: http://www.kasb.org/wcm/_NB/15/NB0317a.aspx...
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Leave a Comment Rep. Lunn links court rulings on schools to court funding
Rep. Jerry Lunn “pressed a district court judge Monday on whether a court order to force the state to pay more to schools could lead to funding cuts for the court system.” “The exchange occurred during a hearing on the budget for the Kansas judicial branch.” Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/prairie-politics/article14580998.html#...
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Leave a Comment Senate passes block grant bill over constituent, judicial concerns
Our legislature is refusing to listen to us, accusing us of being misinformed and threatening to change the courts if they dare to uphold the constitution rather than make our children pay the price for tax cuts that aren’t working. “If the courts want to insist on this course of action, it could well cause a constitutional crisis in this state,” said state Rep. John Rubin, a Shawnee Republican who supported the block grant bill. “We certainly have the right to legislate in t…his body how we’re going to fund schools. If the courts think otherwise, they’re sadly...
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