ALEC is meeting in Dallas this week, where they’ll continue to push for more charter schools without accountability. The “Public Charter Schools Act” would expand on ALEC’s pre-existing “Next Generation Charter Schools Act” and enrich ALEC members like K12, Inc., the nation’s largest provider of online charter schools or cyber schools. It would allow privately-operated charter schools to continue taking public funds, but without public accountability. The bill would give charter schools carte blanche to operate without being “subject to the state’s education statutes or any state or local rule, regulation, policy, or procedure relating to non-charter public...
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Video of District 16 forum
For those of you in House District 16, here’s the forum with Rep. Grosserode and 4 of the challengers for this seat Jameia Haines, Ray Marshall, Don McGuire. Grosserode voted for HB 2506. http://vimeo.com/100743659...
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Leave a Comment Video from forum with Rep. Kent Thompson and Chad Van Houden (District 9-Iola-Chanute area)
For those of you in House District 9 (Iola-Chanute area), here’s video from the forum with Rep. Kent Thompson and challenger Chad Van Houden. Education-specific discussion is at 16:20. http://www.chanutestudios.com/Video/repforum2014.html...
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Leave a Comment Candidate Banwart speaks at public forum in Andover
From our friends in Andover: Candidate for District 99 House seat, Randy Banwart, attended our public forum last week. “All five of my kids have been educated in the public school system,” said Banwart. “In that area, I think we are not doing our kids justice.” Teachers in the audience had a lot of questions for Banwart and his feelings about funding education. “We need to make sure they are all funded adequately,” said Banwart. “We shouldn’t have to go through the judicial system to get funding for schools.” Read more here: http://www.butlercountytimesgazette.com/article/20140718/NEWS/140719336?sect=Top+Stories&map=12690...
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