We have just gone through years of underfunding our schools, lengthy court cases and political battles to finally get adequate and equitable funding, and we have recently experienced the worst disruption to education in a century — the COVID pandemic. “And here is how we have emerged from these significant...
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Update on Kansas Education During COVID
Interview of Ann Mah, District 4 Kansas Board of Education, by Topeka Capital-Journal Here’s a helpful update from State Board of Education member Ann Mah. “One of the biggest myths about educating kids during the pandemic is that it has been cheaper for schools, said Ann Mah, the District 4...
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No comments Topeka Capital-Journal Article: KS Auditors Document State’s Routine Underfunding of Special Ed
The next time you hear our schools are overfunded, remember this example of chronic underfunding we’ve experienced and are just starting to escape.“The state’s budget woes fueled routine underfunding of the formula guiding Kansas appropriations for special education in K-12 public school districts and made it tougher to afford specialized...
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No comments Game On Participates in Ed Advocates Press Conference – Topeka Capital-Journal Article
Game On was happy to be one of several of public education advocacy organizations who gathered in Topeka to urge the 2019 Kansas legislature to finish the work needed to bring the state’s K-12 funding formula in line with the supreme court’s latest ruling on adequacy and equity. Read the...
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