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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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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Leave a Comment Rep. Rooker tells the rest of the story on HB 2506
From Rep. Rooker, The Rest of the Story on HB 2506: “By now you have heard the spin, teachers got raises and Shawnee Mission class sizes are decreasing, so HB 2506 was a win-win, right? (Kansas City Star article: “New Kansas school finance law is mixed blessing for teachers”) “Hardly. The short-term gains in teachers’ pocketbooks and class size reductions – to levels by no means optimal – come at the cost of long-term erosion of the public good. “I’ll admit, there are a number of things to like in the bill. I worked to ensure KU received...
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