We agree! Sharon Hartin Iorio, Dean Emerita of Wichita State University College of Education, shares her insights about how charter schools can cause problems for public schools. Kansas needs to maintain the controls it has in place to monitor charter schools. http://www.ctnewsonline.com/opinion/article_af1bd3f2-25bd-11e9-95af-0fdb55df4958.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR2CrAFFVs2EuQV_MWazSCcgJCyAR1ZWYE8-EL80IUXNXeouHLdltopHbrM Originally posted to Facebook on 02/01/2019....
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Let the Games Begin…
The legislative session has begun, and so have the games. One goal we have this session is for our team members to know sometimes things are not as they seem. The first instance we have of this is the bill the Senate passed today to make an additional payment of $115 million to KPERS. It passed 40-0, so that’s great, right? Well, not exactly. Public education supporters generally support making KPERS payments, and anti-public education legislators have in the past been willing to short KPERS when they were more interested in maintaining Brownback’s tax cuts. Today’s bill set...
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Leave a Comment February 5 Action Alert – SB22
Action Alert: Urge your senator to oppose Senate Bill 22. Senate President Susan Wagle has fast-tracked an extremely risky tax bill, which will be heard on the Senate floor tomorrow (Wednesday). This bill deals with the interplay between federal and state tax law. Its full impact is not yet clear, and its benefits are skewed towards large corporations and the wealthy. The simple reality is that Kansas is still climbing out of the hole created by the former administration. We cannot afford a tax cut right now, especially while the full impact of the current tax plan and...
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Leave a Comment Lawrence Journal-World Op Ed: Unnecessary Risk on Taxes
Urge your senator to vote no on SB 22.“They’re playing with fire. Before revising the state’s tax policies yet again, lawmakers should make sure the state has the funds necessary to fix its schools, highways and prisons.”http://www2.ljworld.com/…/editorial-unnecessary-risk-on-ta…/ Originally posted to Facebook on 02/05/2019....
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