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Legislature attempting to handle education matters outside education committees

The reason these education “reform” bills have been stalling in committee and on the floor is that they are bad ideas that have been tried in other states, don’t work, but do create many other problems. That’s why it is irresponsible to remove them from the education committees and place them in other committees with legislators who are not as informed about them. That’s why it is irresponsible to combine them with funding our schools need in an effort to force their passage. The Chairs of the Education Committees, Steve Abrams and Kasha Kelley, both of Arkansas City,...
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Wichita Eagle editorial hits nail on the head

We agree completely! “Some of the Republicans who control the Kansas House thought it would be smart to try to turn an easy school-funding fix into an epic ideological conquest. Bad idea. . . [O]ther policy issues still could unnecessarily complicate passage of the essential funding bill and invite push-back from the courts. . . Senate leaders also may combine the restored funding with new initiatives. Such bundling fits the worrisome legislative trend of holding money hostage to policy reforms – as exemplified by the Senate-passed bill linking crucial funding for the Kansas court system to unwise and...
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Legislature urged to offer clean Gannon finance bill

“A coalition of 48 Kansas public school districts Saturday urged the Legislature to work directly on bringing K-12 education funding in line with a Kansas Supreme Court order and avoid entanglement in a ‘hodgepodge of bad’ education reform ideas.” http://cjonline.com/news/2014-03-22/school-finance-litigants-seek-bill-narrow-remedy We agree....
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