Game On for Kansas Schools submitted testimony in opposition to House Bill 2465. This bill would amend and expand the current tax credit scholarship program to include ALL students (not just those in the attendance area of the lowest-performing elementary schools) as long as they are eligible for free OR reduced lunch. Tax credit scholarships are vouchers with Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs) in the middle to avoid the direct funding of religious schools. Game On opposes voucher programs and we oppose this expansion which diverts public dollars to private, religious schools that are not held to the same...
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At Risk High Density Hearing Testimony
Game On for Kansas Schools submitted testimony in support of Senate Bill 2710 – Repealing the sunset provision for the high-density at-risk weighting. “The high-density at-risk rating is an important part of the school finance formula.” Allowing the provision to sunset “would be a substantial move in the wrong direction…” Read our full testimony....
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Support for public education is part of the Kansas People’s Agenda platform, and Game On will have a table at this event. Sharing from KPA:Please register for the event! https://kansaspeoplesagenda.org/ Get the new year and the new legislature off to a great start! Join hundreds of your fellow Kansans as we demand that our legislators do the PEOPLE’S Business: expand Medicaid, care for the poor, protect the rights of EVERY person in Kansas, and more. A mass rally will be followed by the chance to meet with YOUR legislator so that they hear YOUR voice. 9:30 – Citizen Advocate...
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Leave a Comment Topeka Capital-Journal Article: KS Auditors Document State’s Routine Underfunding of Special Ed
The next time you hear our schools are overfunded, remember this example of chronic underfunding we’ve experienced and are just starting to escape.“The state’s budget woes fueled routine underfunding of the formula guiding Kansas appropriations for special education in K-12 public school districts and made it tougher to afford specialized teachers to work with students who were gifted or had a disability, a state audit said. “The analysis revealed lack of compliance from 2012 to 2017 with a Kansas law requiring the state to cover 92 percent of each school district’s special education costs not met by federal...
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