Please take a few minutes to read this editorial in the KC Star by Mará Rose Williams “The Kansas Legislature will consider at least nine bills related to how students are educated, granting parents more say on instruction, shifting public dollars to private schools and putting restrictions on testing. More...
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KC Star: Is Reckless Tax Cut Sign of Disaster to Come?
“If the tax cut become law, attempts to cut school funding will follow — the GOP will claim a self-imposed budget crisis. That, too, is a replay of the Brownback movie… “All of this is confusing and disappointing on a policy level. But it is horrible politics, too. “Kelly won...
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No comments 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...
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No comments KC Star Article re: Gannon History
Read this piece for interesting perspective. Some, including Rep. Ryckman, have recently claimed the Gannon case was filed because the legislature couldn’t keep the promises made in Montoy because of the recession. Jeff Gannon explains what we saw happening as well. “But by 2010 the state was going through what...
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