Do you remember how bad our public education situation was when the Brownback tax plan was in effect? We do. Here’s an article we shared back in 2013. Ty Masterson is promising to take us back to those days. https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2013/jun/17/report-says-schools-underfunded-657-million-fy-201/?templates=mobile&fbclid=IwY2xjawVGIt1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mBWJyaWQRMUVtaWJMamdocjVEUmhLaG5zcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeN-IRS0PSSDJr2uWs5lZ9lf_Ad5amexi2j66NQ0ybAM_Z3n9lgPsqUR8Fr1A_aem_ic4DMW0fIAyTc-oV2KFqvw Originally posted on facebook October 21, 2026...
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Vouchers Create a New Taxpayer Subsidy
Vouchers create a new taxpayer subsidy for private schools and people who can already afford private school and allow the state to pay a relatively small per pupil figure to abandon poorer children. This piece by Bruce Baker highlights the abandonment. It also notes two kinds of experiments resulting in...
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No comments Vote Like Your Public Schools Depend on It
In 2015, Ty Masterson was a state senator relying on accounting gimicks to criticize public school funding and Cindy Holscher and her daughter were concerned citizens participating in Game On’s 60-mile walk to Topeka to bring attention to the Kansas legislature’s failure to adequately fund our schools. Both governor candidates...
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The future of public education in Kansas is on the ballot. Ty Masterson has repeatedly shown us he would underfund public schools and hand over taxpayer dollars to private schools with no oversight and no guardrails. Cindy Holscher has been an advocate for public education for longer than she has...
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