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Action Alert: Kansas Senate Should Oppose Education Funding Bill That Harms Districts

Contact your Senator NOW as this bill heads to the Senate later today. The House has narrowly passed the Conference Committee Report for House Sub SB 387 65-58 (63 votes are required to pass). We oppose this bundling of funding and policy and we oppose this bill’s counting of LOCAL LOB money as STATE aid to pretend the state is funding 92% of excess costs as mandated in law. It also abolishes the SPED funding task force and mandates districts spend LOB funds derived from SPED funding contrary to legislative intent. This bill codifies the continued underfunding of...
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Education Funding Bill That Changes Special Ed Formula Narrowly Passes Kansas House, with Bi-Partisan Opposition

The House has narrowly passed the Conference Committee Report for House Sub SB 387 65-58 (63 votes are required to pass). Contact your Senator NOW as this bill heads to the Senate later today. We oppose this bundling of funding and policy and we oppose this bill’s counting of LOB money as state aid to pretend the state is funding 92% of excess costs as mandated in law. It also abolishes the SPED funding task force and mandates districts spend LOB funds derived from SPED funding contrary to legislative intent. It also has too much in it as...
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Action Alert: Call on Kansas Senate to Reject Ed Funding Bill, SB 387

UPDATE April 4, 2024 1:00 pm: SB 387 has narrowly passed the House 65-58. Contact your Senator and urge a NO vote TODAY. We join the Kansas Association of School Boards, USA-Kansas (the state superintendents association), the Kansas State Board of Education, the Kansas Association of Special Education Administrators and KNEA in opposing SB 387 as agreed to in conference earlier today (Wednesday, April 3). Please contact your legislators and urge them to reject SB 387 and support a clean bill with true state-funded special education increases and full Gannon funding. Their statement follows. “This bill does not...
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Arizonans and Floridians warn of negative impacts of vouchers, as Kansas lobbyist push similar vouchers models

We participate regularly in Zoom meetings organized by Save Our Schools Arizona, and we encourage Kansans to heed the advice of Arizonans and Floridians who have experienced the negative impacts of vouchers. These states aren’t models as some legislators and Koch-funded lobbyists claim-they’re cautionary tales. “Arizona and Florida are considered ‘No. 1 in school choice’ by the dark money special interests that have spent millions to push vouchers onto our states. This means public schools are underfunded in service of private school vouchers. Rural students and low-income families have fewer quality choices, while richer suburban families use vouchers...
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