“Kansas House school finance negotiators succumbed to mounting pressure to make a deal Wednesday by accepting the Senate’s bill adding $90 million annually to public school spending in the next four years to comply with a Kansas Supreme Court order.” https://www.cjonline.com/…/kansas-senate-house-break-impass… Originally posted to Facebook on 04/03/2019....
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School Funding Bill Vote Count
The House passed the school funding bill 76-47. It now goes to the Senate, where it is expected to pass (probably this evening). Please thank the following legislators who voted in favor: Alcala, Amyx, Baker, Ballard, Benson, Bishop, Burroughs, Carlin, Carlson, Carmichael, Clark, Clayton, Concannon, Cox, Croft, Curtis, Dierks, Dietrich, Ellis, Eplee, Finney, Frownfelter, Gartner, Helgerson, Henderson, Hibbard, Highberger, Hineman, Hodge, Hoheisel, Holscher, Horn, Howard, Jennings, Karleskint, Kelly, Kessinger, Kuether, Long, Lusk, Lynn, Mastroni, Moore, Murnan, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Orr, Ousley, Pannbacker, Parker, Patton, Phillips, Pittman, Probst, Proehl, Rahjes, Ralph, Resman, Ruiz, S., Samsel, Sawyer, Schreiber, Smith, A., Stogsdill,...
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Leave a Comment KC Star Editorial re: School Funding
“State lawmakers also should rededicate themselves to fully funding schools. The debate should never be about meeting a spending target set by the courts. It should be about spending enough money to extend the opportunity for a quality education to every child in Kansas.” https://www.kansascity.com/…/editori…/article228891334.html… Originally posted to Facebook on 04/08/2019....
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Leave a Comment Great Primer on “Model Bills” and the Agendas They Advance
We have talked about ALEC and its negative impact on the Kansas legislature for years. Read this detailed piece to understand more. The tax credit scholarship program in Kansas came from an ALEC bill, and the Hope voucher program the House K-12 Education Budget Committee tried to insert into the education funding bill this year is also an ALEC bill. Kansas doesn’t need ALEC bills pushed by the Koch brothers and other proponents of harmful education policies-we need local bills to address local issues. “Edwards said she realized in retrospect that students with disabilities were used as a...
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