The House K-12 Education Budget Committee is planning to meet today AT 3:30 (updated time), and they are expected to take action on bills previously heard. Please contact the committee members (emails you can cut and paste are below) and urge them to support the governor’s plan for education funding and for adding the inflation adjustment. This plan is supported by Governor Kelly, the State Board of Education and many education advocates. It presents the clearest path toward ending the cycle of litigation and concluding the Gannon case. Urge them not to support their own plan (currently HB 2395)...
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March 21st Action Alert #2
HAVE YOU CONTACTED THE HOUSE K-12 EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS YET? They’re meeting at 3:30. Please urge them to support the governor’s plan. It provides necessary funding and the clearest path to constitutionally funded schools. Originally posted to Facebook on 03/21/2019....
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Leave a Comment KSLeg After Dark – March 25 Update
Update at 11:40 pm Monday, March 25th: Despite the fact that 0 districts and 0 education advocates voiced support of the bad education policy bill (House Substitute for SB 16), it has gained favorable approval 63-60. Final vote tomorrow. This is a narrow margin, so if you haven’t contacted your legislator yet, do so tonight or tomorrow morning. They’ll also probably take up the funding bill (which we also oppose) when they resume at 11 am tomorrow. Originally posted to Facebook on 03/25/2019....
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Leave a Comment SB 16 and Special Education
We received a question via message this morning regarding how SB 16 affects special education. We’re guessing other people have the same question, so we’re sharing our edited answer here. SB 16 removes the goal of the state funding 92% of excess special education costs. Although the legislature hasn’t been funding special education at that level, removing the goal signals that they have no intent of even aspiring to achieve that funding. They’re basically moving the goal post and reducing the evidence that the state is underfunding education. Education advocates would no longer be able to point to...
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