Despite the fact that 0 districts and 0 education advocates voiced support of the bad education policy bill (House Substitute for SB 16), it gained favorable approval 63-60 after 11:30 pm last night. It takes 63 votes to pass a bill in the House, so please contact your legislator and urge him or her to oppose this bill. The final vote will occur sometime after 11 am today. The House will also debate the funding bill (Substitute for HB 2395) sometime after 11 am today. We oppose this bill as well. All that appears to be standing between...
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CJ Online Article on School Funding Conflict
This plan will not and should not pass constitutional muster. They are already reneging on the promises they made just last year, and they’re basing it on a possible future recession. That is not adequate grounds. Anyone casting a vote for this bill should be absolutely prohibited from talking about the ongoing cycle of litigation. They’re working to ensure it. “The funding bill matches the court-ordered inflation adjustment proposed by Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat. However, the legislation wipes out $213 million from the five-year, $525 million addition the Legislature adopted last year… “Here’s the situation,” Holscher said. “We...
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For a while, it looked like representatives in the Kansas House might do the right thing, but in the end, they went against the expressed interests and concerns of school districts and school advocates throughout Kansas. Why should it matter what we say? When leadership wants the bill, you pass the bill. Their committee chair seats matter more than doing the right thing. Despite all the hours that went into the drafting of the school finance bill last year, they just passed on final action (63-61 the bare minimum required to pass) a bill that didn’t even exist 2...
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Leave a Comment Kansas PTA Mythbuster on School Finance Litigation
Kansas PTA has a great new myth buster busting the myth that the cycle of school finance litigation will never end. Give it a read. And then tell your representative to vote against HB 2395 due to be heard on the floor of the House later today. Originally posted to Facebook on 03/26/2019....
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