Oh, look, Oklahoma has a bullying voucher bill, too. The Kansas House K-12 Education Budget committee heard a bullying voucher bill last week. Why is such a bill up in 2 different state houses at the same time? Because it’s an ALEC bill being promoted by people who oppose funding public schools and support funneling money to private schools under whatever pretext they can. Game On has submitted testimony against the Kansas bill. We’ll be watching for committee action but it is being reported that Republican leadership is pushing this bill. Editorial of the Week on bullying voucher...
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SB 22 is at best a political game and at worst a fiscal disaster we don’t need on the cusp of escaping the Brownback fiscal disaster. Tell your representatives to vote no on SB 22. It could come up for a vote in the next day or so. “The slim chance of approving Medicaid expansion in the state will drop to zero. More ominously, the possibility of a compromise on school spending may also go up in smoke. “This would be a first-degree tragedy. “You’d think Republicans would want to avoid that. You would be wrong. Instead, it’s...
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We have a guess as to the why-it’s to ratchet up the pressure and try to increase the likelihood they can insert some of their pet policies like vouchers like they did in 2014. This is not responsible legislating. “But we’re left with the unnerving reality that lawmakers are waiting until the last minute to deal with the session’s biggest issue. Why delay? Why risk having the funding formula fall apart? Why dare the court to consider a statewide school shutdown come August if lawmakers fail?” Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article226797959.html?fbclid=IwAR109SSvNkOShGXDptoCqUJnF3QTZ6-9syb2KmJHUWxyPisa736nNBrPIb0 Originally posted on Facebook 2/26/19...
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Fund the inflation adjustment and don’t alter the formula that has successfully undergone judicial review. We are concerned by leadership’s lack of commitment to this course. “The lack of movement on school funding raises the most questions about whether lawmakers are dawdling too much. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled last year that funding isn’t sufficient, and the state must tell the court by April 15 how it fixed the problem. The Republican attorney general urged lawmakers to pass a bill by March 15; Kelly called on them to do it by Thursday.” Read more here: https://www.apnews.com/4c0309b36e76443596d83afb26b61588 Originally posted on Facebook...
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