This is a bad bill being ushered in through political games. The bill was introduced yesterday, and testimony is due today, while many education stakeholders are on spring break. “House Republicans have crafted a public school finance plan that would wipe out the final two years of funding put in place by last year’s Legislature to comply with a Kansas Supreme Court order. “Opponents say the bill in front of the House committee on school finance creates a minefield of policy problems that the high court is unlikely to accept.” Read more here: https://www.cjonline.com/news/20190313/house-gop-school-finance-plan-eliminates-two-years-of-funding-boost?fbclid=IwAR2nmV7b_oqETNMirfmp__9A93T4wsjZNdpRL1WDB4tfkG–30xLjlFp8zo Originally posted on Facebook 3/14/19...
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24 hours notice to submit testimony on critical bill
24 hours to submit testimony on a huge education bill that would make numerous changes to current funding and policy while many of the Kansas public education stakeholders are on spring break. This is not how a government of the people should conduct itself. Originally posted on Facebook 3/14/19...
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We support the Senate bill and vehemently oppose the bill being considered by the House K-12 Education Budget Committee. “Meanwhile, school officials and education advocates pleaded with lawmakers in the House to reject House Bill 2395, which would eliminate the final two years of planned increases while providing additional funding for at-risk students. “’This bill is loaded with policy that is going to cause nightmares for the state to defend,’ said Mark Desetti, a lobbyist for the Kansas National Education Association.”Read more here: https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article227823934.html?fbclid=IwAR10SB7W1BhAoPcOt-mzGmkv_bPuvpDJErAPk0QkZXh1Y5xi9Ysb579xDKY#storylink=cpy Read more here: https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article227823934.html?fbclid=IwAR10SB7W1BhAoPcOt-mzGmkv_bPuvpDJErAPk0QkZXh1Y5xi9Ysb579xDKY Originally posted on Facebook 3/15/19...
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Update on the evening of Thursday, March 21st. The House K-12 Education Budget Committee met and promptly voted down the governor’s plan, which had already passed the Senate. They then voted to pass two bad bills. One essentially has much of the policy from HB 2395, and the other has their funding plan, which only includes two years of funding and omits the CPI adjustment moving forward. As Rep. Dietrich explained in moving to pass the second bill out (and we’re paraphrasing), the committee is stacked and they don’t have the votes to fix the bills so they...
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