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Great Things are Happening in Kansas!...

Over the last several years, we have been showing what is wrong with vouchers, corporate tax credit scholarships, expansion of charter schools, the continued underfunding of our schools and other bad education policy that is being foisted on Kansas by ALEC and others who do not fully support public education. Now we need you. The legislators in Topeka are there to represent us and our children, but they may not know what we want unless we tell them. They have been hearing from the vocal minority and the “free market” lobby. Now they need to hear from you....

Call to Action: The ALEC charter bill from last year is being heard in the Senate Education Committee Friday at 1:30 in Room 112-N. Please contact committee members and urge them to vote NO on Senate Bill 196. Here is the committee email list: Steve.Abrams@senate.ks.gov, Tom.Arpke@senate.ks.gov, Anthony.Hensley@senate.ks.gov,Dan.Kerschen@senate.ks.gov, Jeff.Melcher@senate.ks.gov, Ralph.Ostmeyer@senate.ks.gov, Pat.Pettey@senate.ks.gov, Dennis.Pyle@senate.ks.gov, Vicki.Schmidt@senate.ks.gov, Caryn.Tyson@senate.ks.gov, Kay.Wolf@senate.ks.gov. Here is the Kansas bill: http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/measures/documents/sb196_00_0000.pdf. Kansas already allows charter schools. This bill represents an attempt to create a new system for a rapid expansion of charter schools in Kansas, which has been attempted in other states. We have seen the results from those states,...