Today in the floor debate on House Sub SB 387 (the Frankenstein education budget/policy bill), Rep. Williams compared the bad policy in the bill to giving a child a car and making them obey rules to keep it-keep grades up, be home by 11, not have more than 3 friends in the car. This sums up the problem. Our teachers and administrators ARE PROFESSIONALS, NOT CHILDREN. Funding is a need, not a privilege. And the legislature is a partner, not a parent. As Rep. Younger explained in his comments, our teachers don’t fear accountability, but districts and students...
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Action Alert- Tell Kansas Lawmakers to Vote No on House Sub for SB 387
Contact your representative tonight and urge them to oppose House Substitute for SB 387 which is on General Orders for the House 3/26! This bill is a deeply flawed Frankenstein bill holding the education budget hostage in a package with bad policy that would not pass on its own. Tell your representative: *They should demand a clean education funding bill which funds both general and special education without holding these very important items hostage by tying them to flawed policy. *They should oppose this bill because it wrongly counts local LOB funding, raised with local tax dollars as...
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Leave a Comment Action Alert- Kansas Lawmakers should oppose SB 427 making changes to local school board operations; promoted by extremists
Contact your senator and urge them to vote NO on SB 427 which the Senate moved favorably for passage on a voice vote today (Monday, March 25th). It could be heard on final action tonight or tomorrow. This is one of several bills this session requested by the Kansas Policy Institute (a Koch-funded organization that has worked against us and other public education supporters on multiple bad education and tax bills). Tell your senator you oppose this bill because *It seeks to micromanage local school boards, their meetings and practices related to school board member data management. *It...
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Leave a Comment Action Alert- Kansas School Nurses in Jeopardy, Tell House to Vote No on SB 287
Urge your representative to vote NO on SB 287-another bill with unintended consequences! It may be on the House floor TODAY (Monday, March 25th). See more information from our friends at Educate Lawrence: “House Sub for SB 287 would hamper both the work of school nurses and school mental health providers. It is written to prohibit providers from administering medication, diagnostic tests, or conducting ongoing behavioral health treatments to a minor in a school facility without parental consent, but the unintended consequences could keep school nurses from being able to assess the needs of our children in the...
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