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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Parent advocates from around the state signed on to a statement delivered to the press in the Kansas Capitol yesterday. Groups included Educate Andover, Education First Shawnee Mission, Elevate 262 (Valley Center), Game On for Kansas Schools, Goddard Advocates for Public Education, Speak Up for Kansas Kids, Kansas Families for Education, Kansas PTA, Mainstream Coalition, Maize Action Council for Students, Olathe Public Education Network, Save Our Schools Cowley County, Stand Up Blue Valley and Women for Kansas. We also had advocates from Bucklin and Lawrence. You can read the text here. Originally posted to Facebook on 01/09/2019....
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