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And there’s a bill to require schools to address “strengths and weaknesses” of climate change science. “Strengths and weaknesses” is the way Texas has challenged teaching evolution. Not only are they going to underfund schools, they’re trying to teach Kansas kids backwards science. http://ncse.com/news/2013/02/anticlimate-bill-kansas-0014713#.UR5xwLkgIt4.facebook  ...

A great explanation of how we got here and how the Montoy/Gannon cases are not overreach. http://www.dockingblog.com/the-true-story-of-the-school-finance-lawsuit/...

 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...