Yes, thank you, Patty Logan of Stand Up Blue Valley. We also really wish the Kansas City Star had higher standards for printing commentary like this. It wasn’t even just a letter to the editor, but guest commentary (which isn’t subject to the word count limit of letters to the editor like Dr. Logan’s submission). Another example of deception in the letter is comparing general fund allocations without acknowledging that Kansas funds its schools with less local property tax funding than other states. Also, the “guest commentary” cites a US News and World Report piece from 2017 as...
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PRESS EVENT TOMORROW, TUESDAY, JAN. 8THAhead of the 2019 legislative session, parent-led advocacy groups unite in urging the legislature to stay the course on school funding. A press conference is scheduled for tomorrow:Tuesday, January 8, 2019The Kansas Statehouse, TopekaRoom 212-N11:15 a.m. Parent advocates representing several grassroots groups throughout Kansas will be urging state representatives to stay the course on school funding while outlining three key measures to end the cycle of funding litigation. Speaking will be: Judith Deedy, Executive Director, Game On For Kansas Schools, Gail Jamison, President, Goddard Advocates for Public Education, Devin Wilson, Legislative Chair, Kansas PTA Conference...
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Game On was happy to be one of several of public education advocacy organizations who gathered in Topeka to urge the 2019 Kansas legislature to finish the work needed to bring the state’s K-12 funding formula in line with the supreme court’s latest ruling on adequacy and equity. KASB live streamed our press conference in the Capitol today. Parent advocates requested that the legislature add inflation to the school funding formula to end the Gannon case, retain the current formula rather than writing a new one and maintain Article 6 of the Kansas Constitution. Originally posted to Facebook...
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Game On was happy to be one of several of public education advocacy organizations who gathered in Topeka to urge the 2019 Kansas legislature to finish the work needed to bring the state’s K-12 funding formula in line with the supreme court’s latest ruling on adequacy and equity. Read the Topeka Capital-Journal’s article about the event using the link below. https://www.cjonline.com/news/20190108/kansas-education-advocates-urge-lawmakers-to-embrace-inflation-adjustment?fbclid=IwAR0ZKxNRoVt5Gw3pHd9rTfdQuAim4q2bYpCO4gIVKzV0aGLIEXm9G6D4a0A Originally posted to Facebook on 01/09/2019....
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