“Somebody’s got to say something.” Dr. Cynthia Lane, Superintendent KCK Schools on attempts to amend the constitution rather than fund schools at the level the legislature determined almost a decade ago and take away political rights of teachers unions. We’re “saying something”, are you? Join us in telling our legislators, family, friends and neighbors that Kansans want funded schools not political maneuvers. http://blog.kckps.org/?p=314...
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Supporters of constitutional amendment claim legislature alone has say over how much funding is enough
So even though the constitution says the legislature has to make suitable provision for financing public education, that is apparently meaningless and is whatever the legislature says it should be. Why do we even have a constitution then? Why do we even have a judicial branch? http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2013/feb/13/supporters-amendment-say-legislature-should-be-sol/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter ...
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“THE United States supports schools in Afghanistan because we know that education is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to build a country. Alas, we’ve forgotten that lesson at home. All across America, school budgets are being cut, teachers laid off and education programs dismantled.” Nicholas Kristof, New York Times, 7/17/11 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/opinion/sunday/17kristof.html?_r=0 ...
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Leave a Comment KASB and other public entities oppose lobby ban
Did you contact committee members Monday? Kansas municipalities and KASB managed to get to Topeka to oppose the ban on lobbying for public entities. Note the hearing was added to the schedule after 5:00 pm Friday and scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Monday. That’s not very democratic. http://cjonline.com/news/2013-02-11/opposition-mounts-bill-barring-city-county-lobbying...
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