“But now we have dissenters who say we never wanted to go to the Super Bowl anyway. That was all a pipe dream and we should just settle for what we have. They want to change the goal by passing a constitutional amendment that says the Legislature decides when the constitutional obligation is met. That is a little bit like saying Andy Reid gets to determine who wins the Super Bowl. I’m sure the Chiefs would win every year, but does it really mean we are the best that we can be? “Don’t be distracted; keep your eye...
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WaPo Analysis on Koch Efforts to Remake K-12 Ed
The Koch brothers trying to meddle in public education is not new. They’ve been doing it through funding of organizations like ALEC for years. We also sounded the alarm when we learned of Chase and Annie Koch opening a private school in Wichita, also discussed in this article. We have yet to see evidence the Kochs actually support education and want to improve it rather than trying to privatize it, removing funding for it, undermining it and promoting policy disproven by legitimate research. Read about their latest here and stay vigilant. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2019/01/29/daily-202-koch-network-poised-to-scale-up-efforts-to-remake-k-12-education-with-a-pilot-project-in-five-states/5c4fd5091b326b29c3778cfa/?fbclid=IwAR0dNiPo7kFotcaczf45x52NdU1KH1jhTG1fNQps6NBZVtslhYJT_44b_xQ&noredirect=on&utm_term=.ae894287a059&wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1 Originally posted to Facebook on 01/30/2019....
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Leave a Comment KNEA Under the Dome Update on SB 22/”Windfall” Tax Bill
“If a bill is passed that strips nearly $200 million out of the treasury in one year with more than $100 million per year lost in the following two years, how does the Legislature plan to pass a responsible budget that funds our schools and restores service cuts across agencies? And perhaps that is the point… “So here’s our plea. Stop the rush! Be deliberate; consider the consequences of each change; look for alternative ways to address the issue without decoupling. Try exercising a little restraint. SB 22 will strip too much money out of the Kansas treasury...
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Leave a Comment KASB Provides Detail of Governor’s K-12 Budget Proposal
KASB provides details of Governor’s K-12 education budget proposal to end the Gannon school finance case here: https://kasb.org/…/details-of-governors-k-12-education-bud…/ Originally posted to Facebook on 01/31/2019....
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