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 The Senate Judicial Committee has forwarded the constitutional amendment regarding keeping the courts out of school funding, and we have 2 more bills directed at underfunding schools and defying the court’s order. Senate Bill 173: “in any lawsuit claiming that state funding of education is inadequate, the courts would be required to factor in spending on retirement benefits in calculating total state aid to school districts.” House Bill 2297: “would require the courts to accept school funding as adequate if the funding, including money spent on retirement benefits, is at least 50 percent of the state’s appropriations for...

Oh look, our friends in Indiana are facing the exact same thing with payroll deductions! Hello ALEC, goodbye legislatures addressing the real problems in their own states.  The following was posted on Facebook by a public education advocacy group in Indiana.   IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY: An amendment was added to HB 1334 this morning that outlaws the voluntary deduction of union/association dues from the paychecks of teachers and other public school employees. HB 1334 then passed out of committee. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS TODAY and make it clear that eliminating dues deductions doesn’t impact student...

 Quote of the Day: “What’s going on here is clear: Brownback is embracing and repeating numbers that help promote his agenda, including what he sees as the need to push back against a court order for more state funding of public schools.” http://www.kansas.com/2013/02/19/2681238/eagle-editorial-brownbacks-numbers.html#storylink=cpy Parents, while you’ve been watching cuts impacting funding for teaching staff, library books, full-day kindergarten, and more, our governor has been giving a misleading powerpoint presentation to community leaders around the state telling them our schools are excessively funded and our kids can’t read. Thank you to the Wichita Eagle for highlighting this so well....

Did you receive the email we sent February 18?  If not, join our email list at gameonforpubliceducation@gmail.com.  Here’s what we sent out.   Greetings! The future of our schools depends on you.  Please take a moment to read this message from Game On for Kansas Schools, a nonpartisan grassroots group of parents, educators and community members devoted to protecting Kansas public education.  Then, please contact your state representative and senator and tell them the importance of protecting our schools.  If you have never contacted your legislator or if you do so frequently, please contact them now.   Legislation has...