This article provides helpful background to the SPED task force meeting that was held today. “The goal of the task force, required by a bill approved by the 2023 Legislature, was to figure out how best to comply with an older statute mandating that state funding cover 92% of the extra cost of providing services to K-12 special education students statewide. Currently, state aid was sufficient to address 69% of school districts’ excess special education costs. The balance must be made up by local school districts… “The gathering might not have occurred had a six-person majority of task...
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Two Kansas substitutes spoke out at school board meetings and got fired. Now they’re suing
“Over the past year, Daniels and Hoins addressed the board several times during the public forum portion of its regular meetings. They advocated for higher teacher salaries and building improvements and against the district’s Parents’ Bill of Rights, according to the lawsuit. “At a board meeting last August, the teachers spoke about what they said was the board’s lack of transparency, book banning, and ‘the need for the school district to help non-white students feel welcome,’ the lawsuit says. “They also urged board members to exceed the district’s so-called ‘revenue neutral’ tax rate, which would allow schools to...
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Leave a Comment Plan to “discredit and defund” public schools in Texas, and here in Kansas too
We add spreading misinformation on test scores to Rep. Talarico’s list but he is absolutely correct about the “discredit and defund” two-step plan. It’s promoted in Kansas by various Koch-funded entities. Make sure your community members understand this. Watch this video here: https://www.facebook.com/RepTalarico/videos/698962275457102 Originally posted on Facebook on Nov. 19th, 2023....
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Leave a Comment Texans speak out against voucher schemes that benefit the wealthy
Vouchers are welfare for the well-off. Claims they are about helping poor kids are just the way to get them passed. Then they get expanded so that the majority of students using them never attended public schools. Watch this video from Texas, where rural Republicans are voting with Democrats to reject vouchers: https://www.facebook.com/RepTalarico/videos/872786284150699 Originally posted on Facebook on Nov. 18, 2023....
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