A three-judge panel found that the Legislature had satisfied a Supreme Court order to make school funding more equitable at a hearing Wednesday. Now we await the decision on adequacy. Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2014/06/11/3503302/judges-satisfied-on-equity-issue.html#storylink=cpy...
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Education committee appointee advocated not funding sports, band, school, dances and graduation ceremonies
Schools commission appointee/KPI paid lobbyist Dave Trabert authored a policy brief last year in which he advocates eliminating state funding for any activity which is governed by a drug testing policy. Producing well-rounded students is apparently an undue burden on the state. “Since the ‘educational interests of the state’ as referenced in the state Constitution are not defined, it is left to legislators to ultimately determine. There are many divergent opinions among Kansans as to what should or should not be included, but some local school districts have, in a sense, already weighed in on the issue. We...
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Leave a Comment FBI raids charter schools in 3 states
And here’s another one: http://politics.suntimes.com/article/chicago/fbi-raids-concept-schools-illinois-2-other-states/tue-06102014-557pm...
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Leave a Comment Lobbyists who have opposed funding for Kansas schools and promoted ALEC policy named to education commission
Kansas legislative leadership once again illustrates how they view education policy. Speaker Merrick has appointed free market/tax policy analyst/president of the Kansas Policy Institute Dave Trabert and Kansas Chamber of Commerce President Mike O’Neal to the education commission to be established under the harmful education finance bill passed at the very end of the legislative session. Both have opposed additional funding for schools and pushed for the corporate tax credit scholarship and other harmful education policy. http://cjonline.com/news/2014-06-10/trabert-oneal-appointed-schools-commission...
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