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Crowson on importance of informed participation at the voting booth

We need more Kansans to be able to see beyond postcard rhetoric. We’re posting information here. Share it with your friends, family and neighbors. It’s time to get in the game! “I look forward to the day when I can report that my neighbor around the corner just restored teachers’ basic rights to due process and funded public education at a more-than-adequate level. For that to happen, there’s a lot of educating to be done outside of the schools – the educating of good old average Kansans about the damage they are doing to you, to me and to...
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Republican Rep. Steven Becker explains his opposition to education finance bill

Here is a Facebook post by Republican Representative Steven Becker regarding the toxic education bill passed last weekend. SCHOOL FUNDING + POOR POLICY = A “NO” VOTE I feel compelled to comment on the education funding bill that passed the House late Sunday night. A newsletter addressing a wider range of topics will follow next month after adjournment of the wrap-up session. Last month, our State Supreme Court issued the long awaited opinion regarding the constitutionally required funding of public education. As I expected, the Court ruled the funding level had not been met and directed the legislature to...
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Republican Sen. Vern Swanson explains opposition to education finance bill

“’If he signs it, he’s really going to tick off the education block, and they can be a really formidable force if every teacher voted,’” [Republican Senator Vern Swanson] said. ‘This could be the real rallying point.’ If vetoed, the Legislature has a couple weeks left in the regular session to revise and pass a measure to adequately fund schools. The House approved adding $141 million to poorer schools with no policy changes. ‘All devil broke loose’ when the Senate that insisted that tax credits and corporate scholarships for private schools be included, that Common Core not be...
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