Tuesday is another deadline-are you registered to vote? From the Kansas Association of School Boards: The Kansas August 5 primary will be here before we know it! The last day to register to vote in the primary election is Tuesday, July 15. If you are interested in voting in advance, you may do so in person, either the Tuesday before Election Day or up to 20-days beforehand, depending on the county. You can also vote via mail ballot starting on July 16. The final day for mail ballot applications is Friday, August 1. For more information see http://www.kssos.org/elections/14elec/2014_Election_Calendar.pdf...
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NC reverend warns of problems with vouchers
Kansas now has a form of vouchers in the ALEC tax credit “scholarships” contained in the school finance bill passed in the final hours of the 2014 legislative session. NC has gone further along the ALEC plan. Here’s what a NC reverend has to say: “But the best reason to oppose school vouchers is because they drain millions of tax dollars from our cash-strapped public schools. We have not yet financed our public schools as fully as they deserve. Apparently we cannot afford even inadequate funding for our public schools. This is no time to be supporting yet...
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The Kansas State Board of Education knows our schools are underfunded. “Kansas would phase in a substantial increase of $459 million in spending on its public schools over two years under largely symbolic proposals approved Tuesday by the State Board of Education. Board members fashioned spending recommendations for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school years with the state facing potentially lean budgets in the wake of personal income tax cuts championed by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. The board’s proposals also come as a judicial panel considers whether the state is spending enough on its schools to provide every child...
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