Private schools are not free and open to all and therefore shouldn’t receive public funds. “In a major victory for public school students, a state district court has ruled that Utah’s universal private school voucher program is unconstitutional…On April 18, 2025, a Utah district court judge struck down the voucher program ruling that the legislature does not have the power to create schools outside the public school system, and therefore any publicly funded education program created by the legislature must comply with all constitutional requirements pertaining to public schools, including that they be free and open to all...
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Update on State Assessments
What is Proficiency? The Kansas Assessment cut scores are being reset to align with changes to the state education standards. As public school parents and grassroots public education advocates committed to helping patrons stay informed about policies and practices that impact the quality of and access to public education for Kansas school-age youth, we share our perspective regarding efforts to set the new cut scores for the next decade. We hope that the cut scores are significantly changed and that decisionmakers will consider the framework of Response to Intervention (RTI) and Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) as a...
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Leave a Comment School choice scholarships waste taxpayer dollars
We don’t want this waste of taxpayer dollars in Kansas and oppose any state or federal legislation that would bring it here. “Families of students receiving school choice scholarships – regardless of their income – can purchase TVs up to 55 inches, the Nintendo Wii and in-home internet. Tickets to Central Florida’s theme parks – Disney World, Universal Studios and Sea World – can also be reimbursed, according to purchasing guides from Step Up For Students, the nonprofit that administers nearly all the scholarships… “WESH 2 Investigates has learned from Step Up more than 8,400 students had theme...
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Leave a Comment Linda McMahon…has just released the most brutal, calculated, and destructive education budget in the Department’s history.
We’re sharing information from the Network for Public Education – NPE about opposing Linda McMahon’s budget for the US Dept. of Education which will be before a Senate Subcommittee that Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran is on tomorrow (Tuesday) at 9 am Eastern. His office requests that constituents email concerns about the federal budget bill to his email portal. A reference to vouchers in the email will help their tracking: https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/connect… Here’s information from NPE about what’s in the education budget that is problematic. Linda McMahon…has just released the most brutal, calculated, and destructive education budget in the Department’s...
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