67 voting against the school finance bill at 1:30 a.m. Sunday (hold strong public education supporters!): Alcala, Alford, Anthimides, Ballard, Barker, Becker, Boldra, Bollier, Bridges, Bruchman, Burroughs, Campbell, Carmichael, Cassidy, Clayton, Concannon, Corbet, Curtis, P. Davis, Dierks, Doll, Edmonds, Ewy, Finch, Finney, Frownfelter, Gonzalez, Henderson, Henry, Hibbard, Hill, Hineman, Houston, Jennings, Johnson, Kelly, Kuether, Lane, Lusk, Lusker, Meier, Menghini, Moxley, Pauls, Perry, Petty, Phillips, Proehl, Rooker, Ruiz, Ryckman Sr., Sawyer, Schroeder, Sloan, Sloop, Swanson, Thompson, Tietze, Trimmer, Victors, Ward, Waymaster, Weigel, Whipple, Wilson, Winn, Wolfe Moore....
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Game On releases video of walk to Topeka
We don’t all have to walk to Topeka, but all of us do have to get engaged and contact our legislators. Here’s some inspiration for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_3EbCov8Js&feature=youtu.be...
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The Senate is reportedly offering to give up on defunding Common Core (which was going to be difficult to figure out how to do anyway) in order to keep their elimination of teacher due process and the ALEC corporate tax credit scholarship and property tax credits. That does not look like a compromise to us, and it further depletes the general fund, which doesn’t look like it has much to spare at this point. EMAIL YOUR LEGISLATORS! http://openkansas.org/...
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Leave a Comment ACTION ALERT: Contact conference committee members re: education finance bills
ACTION ALERT: Please email the conference committee as well. Ty.Masterson@senate.ks.gov, Jim.Denning@senate.ks.gov, Anthony.Hensley@senate.ks.gov, gene.suellentrop@house.ks.gov, marvin.kleeb@house.ks.gov, jerry.henry@house.ks.gov. And here’s another summary of where we are right now: http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/04/4937902/kansas-house-passes-school-equity.html...
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