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KHI reports poverty toll on Kansas schools

We’ve heard legislators accuse school districts of artificially inflating free and reduced lunch numbers to bolster funding, and we’ve heard people talk about achievement gaps while glossing over the very large and very real increase in numbers of children living in poverty in our state. Read this article for a reality check: http://www.khi.org/news/2014/mar/24/poverty-takes-its-toll-kansas-schools/...
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Please sign petition to pass a clean education budget bill

ACTION ALERT! Education budget petition! **Pass a Clean Education Budget Bill Now.** Restore millions in budget cuts made to K12 school districts, with no strings attached. Kansas should act swiftly to pass a clean appropriations bill to restore past education budget cuts by the July 1 deadline, as set by the Supreme Court. The bill should not be tied to education policy changes, especially policies that were never passed out, or in some cases, even discussed in committee. Pass a Clean Education Budget Bill Now changekansas.org http://changekansas.org/action/petition/pass-a-clean-education-budget-bill-now Restore millions in budget cuts made to K12 school districts, with no...
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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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