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Let your checkbook do some talking!

Earlier this month, Brownback signed the bill prohibiting public employees from voluntarily deducting union dues from their paychecks. This is another ALEC bill that found its way into Kansas. Game On talked to teachers in our schools, and we did not hear of any who felt they needed to be protected from voluntary payroll deductions. We did see Kansas Chamber lobbyist Eric Stafford publicly stating, “I need this bill passed so we can get rid of public sector unions.” We also read a letter Susan Wagle submitted to the Wichita Eagle in which she stated, “when Utah –...
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House votes to relabel local support as state funding

The House has passed a bill (68-50) that amounts to relabeling some local support for public education as “state” support. The Education Conference Committee placed a mandatory 10% LOB provision in SB171. According to KASB, “It would require each district have a local option budget of at least 10 percent, and transfer an amount equal to the 10 percent into the school district general fund as ‘local effort’ to finance a base budget per pupil of $4,264, rather than the current $3,838. Although this will result in a higher base budget, it will not provide any change in...
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South Carolina is dealing with a third grade retention bill, too

Oh, look, South Carolina has a third grade retention bill this session, too. Kansans want Kansas legislation based on real evidence, not canned legislation distributed from out of state based on a story that has been debunked.  See this article: http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/just-say-no-to-just-read-florida-south-carolina/...
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