Game On submitted testimony in favor of SB 44 and volunteered to move our oral testimony to next week to allow the committee to accommodate all the proponents. This bill is Governor Kelly’s school funding plan and includes the inflation adjustment the state needs to adopt during the phase-in of the funding. Please email the Senate Select Committee on Education Finance and urge them to pass it: Molly.Baumgardner@senate.ks.gov, Jim.Denning@senate.ks.gov, Anthony.Hensley@senate.ks.gov, Bud.Estes@senate.ks.gov, Dan.Goddard@senate.ks.gov, Dan.Kerschen@senate.ks.gov, Carolyn.McGinn@senate.ks.gov, Pat.Pettey@senate.ks.gov, Eric.Rucker@senate.ks.gov We agree with the other points in this post by Stand Up Blue Valley regarding the archaic requirement of filing paper copies...
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Topeka Capital Journal Article: Senate Advances Tax ‘Windfall’ Bill.
We can’t afford another risky tax cut right now. We are still trying to climb out of a massive fiscal hole. “‘I can’t imagine why anybody who was here in 2012 and lived through the Brownback tax cuts and the ‘experiment’ would ever consider voting for that bill,’ Kelly said. ‘In the last month, my administration has offered clear direction and priorities for the future of Kansas.’ “She said the Legislature should first address a Kansas Supreme Court order on funding of K-12 public schools, which could require infusion of about $90 million annually into state aid to education.”https://www.cjonline.com/…/senate-advances-190-million-tax-…...
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“”This is a simple, easy fix,’ Woods said. ‘You have it in front of you. It is entirely within the realm of possibility to keep our promise to Kansas students.’ “Justin Henry, superintendent of Goddard Unified School District 265, called on lawmakers to provide long-term stability in school funding for the first time in more than a decade. “’When it’s not predictable,’ Henry said, ‘we hit rewind and play 11 years in a row, and we can’t go out and plan. We can talk all day about teacher quality, but if we can’t plan on how many teachers...
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Leave a Comment KS Center for Economic Growth Statement on SB22
We agree with the Kansas Center for Economic Growth. “Senate vote on tax plan puts Kansas at risk less than two years after end of Brownback’s ‘experiment'”. To read their full statement regarding Senate Bill 22 use the link below. https://myemail.constantcontact.com/RELEASE–Senate-votes-for-dangerous-tax-plan.html?soid=1113264082217&aid=fozi9qVcVFU&fbclid=IwAR25c5knbVeb3SVabnHb2Go9oFmrI2hIMUwhmV1ShzN1LIxokF1xV9R5D_M Originally posted to Facebook on 02/07/2019....
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