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Report says schools underfunded $657 million in FY 2015

“The two-year budget that Gov. Sam Brownback signed into law Saturday under-funds Kansas public schools by an estimated $657 million in the second year, according to an analysis by the Kansas State Department of Education.  That’s the difference between how much the legislature approved in various categories of K-12 education spending for fiscal year 2015 and how much is supposed to be spent according to formulas outlined in current law.”  http://m.ljworld.com/news/2013/jun/17/report-says-schools-underfunded-657-million-fy-201/?templates=mobile...
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Join us and get more Kansans into the game!

Help us educate more Kansans by referring your friends to our site! We all have friends who support our public schools but do not understand the disdain some legislators have for them, or the misguided movement to bring the Florida reform model/ALEC agenda to Kansas. We have too many legislators who claim to be pro-education in their campaigns and then spend the entire legislative session voting to underfund our schools and deprive them of resources at a time when the demands they must meet are ever increasing. We share the facts, the evidence of the failure of the...
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Corporate tax “scholarships” not working in New Hampshire

 The corporate tax “scholarship” ALEC model bill passed the Kansas House Education Committee before being narrowly defeated on the House floor during the regular legislative session. It will be back next year. Here’s an analysis of how New Hampshire’s corporate tax “scholarship” (voucher) bill isn’t wanted by parents or local business interests but is being used to funnel public funds to religious schools and home schoolers. http://anhpe.org/2013/04/25/the-data-tells-the-tale-the-new-hampshire-voucher-program-is-failing-on-its-own-terms/...
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