The House and Senate passed Brownback 2.0-a flat tax that gives more to wealthy Kansans and jeopardizes state funding for schools and other essential services. It’s what “leadership” and their funders want, so they passed it. Governor Kelly is expected to veto the bill, so stay tuned. The vote counts...
Read more
No comments Tag Archives: school funding
Calls for action on flat tax bill; Tax policy is directly related to education funding
Urge your House Representative to vote NO on the flat tax. They’ve held no committee hearings on it this year, but they already rammed the flat tax through the Senate and we expect the House to vote on it today. The flat tax benefits wealthy Kansans the most and will...
Read more
No comments Kansas legislative leaders have chosen course of maximum confrontation, extremism
Please read this whole editorial to understand what we’re up against and what we could have if we had different people in charge of the legislature. “This month, the Kansas Chamber, the main representative of Koch interests and a major player in Kansas politics, released its legislative priorities — its...
Read more
No comments Special Ed Task Force finally meets, recommends phased-in funding increase
The Special Education and Related Services Funding Task Force voted to recommend the adoption of the Kansas State Board of Education’s plan for a phased-in increase to special education fund…The four Republican legislators on the task force all voted against increasing special education funding but were outnumbered by the rest...
Read more
No comments