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Kansas Legislature attempts to resurrect education funding bill on last day of regular session; advocacy still needed

Stay vigilant, team! The conference committee is being resurrected to deal with the education/SPED budget since SB 387 failed the Senate. The right thing would be to reject Rep. Williams’s practice of hearing multiple policy bills in the K-12 Education Budget Committee, refusing to work them separately during the session and send them on to the floor of the House and then the Senate, which is the normal process for bills. Instead, her committee works them at the very end of the session with a series of amendments known in advance only to the other Republicans on the...
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Flawed SB 387 Fails in Kansas Senate After Strong Advocacy Push by Education Supporters

We have good news! SB 387 failed in the Senate 12-26. Thank you to everyone who contacted their legislators! Please thank the following who voted against this flawed bill: Senators Billinger, Blasi, Bowers, Corson, Dietrich, Doll, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Haley, Holland, Holscher, Kerschen, Longbine, McGinn, O’Shea, Olson, Pettey, Pittman, Pyle, Reddi, Shallenburger, Steffen, Straub, Sykes, Tyson, and Ware (although Sen. Steffen made clear in his explanation of vote that he voted against the bill because it didn’t include vouchers). Are the following representing you? Senators Alley, Baumgardner, Claeys, Erickson, Fagg, Gossage, Kloos, Masterson, Peck, Petersen, Thompson, and Warren. Sen....
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Flawed education funding bill fails in Kansas Senate, after narrowly passing House

We have good news! SB 387 failed in the Senate 12-26. Thank you to everyone who contacted their legislators! Please thank the following who voted against this flawed bill: Senators Billinger, Blasi, Bowers, Corson, Dietrich, Doll, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Haley, Holland, Holscher, Kerschen, Longbine, McGinn, O’Shea, Olson, Pettey, Pittman, Pyle, Reddi, Shallenburger, Steffen, Straub, Sykes, Tyson, and Ware (although Sen. Steffen made clear in his explanation of vote that he voted against the bill because it didn’t include vouchers). Are the following representing you? Senators Alley, Baumgardner, Claeys, Erickson, Fagg, Gossage, Kloos, Masterson, Peck, Petersen, Thompson, and Warren. Sen....
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