Here are the votes on House Sub SB 7 (the block grant bill repealing the current formula and underfunding our schools for the next 2 years). The final vote will be held today at 8 am. Keep contacting your legislators! On roll call the vote was: Yea – (64): (Are they representing you?) Anthimides, Barker, Barton, Bradford, Bruchman, Brunk, Campbell, Carpenter, Carpenter, Claeys, Concannon, Corbet, Couture-Lovelady, Davis, DeGraaf, Dove, Esau, Estes, Garber, Grosserode, Hawkins, Hedke, Highland, Hildabrand, Hoffman, Houser, Huebert, Hutchins, Hutton, Jones, Jones, Kahrs, Kelley, Kelly, Kiegerl, Kleeb, Lunn, Macheers, Mason, Mast, McPherson, Merrick, O’Brien, Osterman, Pauls,...
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Senate Ways and Means to hear block grant bill March 10
The Senate Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing on SB 273 (block grant bill identical to HB 2403) tomorrow. Contact Senate Ways and Means committee members, and urge them to vote NO on SB 273. Ty.Masterson@senate.ks.gov, jim.denning@senate.ks.gov, laura.kelly@senate.ks.gov, tom.arpke@senate.ks.gov, steve.fitzgerald@senate.ks.gov, Dan.Kerschen@senate.ks.gov, Jeff.Melcher@senate.ks.gov, Michael.ODonnell@senate.ks.gov, Larry.Powell@senate.ks.gov, Caryn.Tyson@senate.ks.gov...
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Leave a Comment Coverage of the House Appropriations hearing on block grant bill
“Cynthia Lane, the superintendent of Kansas City, Kansas, schools… said that the block grant, which would tie funding levels to current appropriations, would cap resources and only give districts flexibility in deciding what to cut. “Rep. Gene Suellentrop, R-Wichita, questioned a representative from the Kansas Association of School Boards about how districts could say they were underfunded when overall spending has increased consistently over the past 20 years. “‘What is enough?’ Suellentrop said. ‘Where’s the end? How much do we owe?’… “Rep. Don Hill, R-Emporia, called this provision the ‘don’t worry, be happy’ section and complained that the...
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Leave a Comment Game On reaches 6,000 Facebook likes
On March 9, 2015 Game On celebrated its 6,000th Facebook “like”. Here’s the Facebook post we did: Game On community, we thank you for all your likes, shares and comments and for stepping up your efforts in advocating for our children’s education. Speaking in my own voice now as the usual administrator of this page, I’m a Kansas mom of three, and it’s my birthday tomorrow. Getting to 6,000 likes would be a great present! We’re almost there! Can you grant me my wish and ask a friend or two to like our page and “get in the...
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