The subcommittee on funding all-day kindergarten had its first meeting yesterday, but that same day the House Education Budget Committee voted in favor of Steve Huebert’s (R-Valley Center) motion to take the funding out of the budget. “Huebert said he made the motion after discussions with House GOP leaders.” Voting to remove funding were Cassidy, Grosserode, Dove, Highland, Huebert, Jones and Rothlisberg.http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2014/feb/13/brownbacks-proposal-fund-full-day-kindergarten-dea/...
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Call to Action on SB 196 (charter bill)
Call to Action: Have you contacted the Senate Ed Committee yet? The ALEC charter bill from last year is being heard TOMORROW at 1:30. 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,...
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North Carolina assault on public education
We share this post from North Carolina because it’s a variation of what is being proposed in Kansas. We often post pieces on neo-charters, vouchers and bad education policy from other states, because it’s the same ALEC agenda being played out. We’re leading the tax cut experiment but other states are leading the corporate “reform” agenda, and we see over and over that it’s a faulty agenda which fails to address the issues facing public education and instead introduces a whole new set of problems. Read this warning from North Carolina:http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/02/08/3600562/in-nc-a-gop-assault-with-intent.html...
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