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Nice letter, Janette. “How ironic that another article by columnist Steve Rose took time to investigate the education of several Kansas state legislators in leadership positions. Although Kansas meets the national average of 25 percent with just a high school diploma, many of the representatives in powerful positions do not have education levels to match the importance of their jobs. Should we be surprised then that the funding to educate our children to the highest level possible is not as important to some of our representatives? The old adage, ‘I made it without a degree,’ won’t get us...

“While much attention understandably has been devoted to the loss of due process, other aspects of the misguided [HB 2506] demand attention, such as tax breaks for corporations’ private school donations. Parents have every right to send their children to private schools, but not at the expense of the public school system. Siphoning any resources from K-12 hurts even more considering the longstanding interest of Gov. Sam Brownback and his GOP allies in slashing state financing for public schools. But such strategies are priorities for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and its Koch-supported cronies, Americans for Prosperity...