Posted by Mark Desetti | Jan 16, 2020 | Advocacy & Action, Bright Future, Higher Ed, Taxation, Uncategorized |
Governor Laura Kelly Delivers Her Second State of the State In her second State of the State Address, Governor Laura Kelly focused on the achievements of the last couple of years and put the credit right where it belongs –...
Read MorePosted by Mark Desetti | Jan 15, 2020 | Advocacy & Action, KNEA, School Finance, Senate |
Dale Dennis, Deputy Commissioner of Education and Kansan of the Year KNEA was asked by Senator Molly Baumgardner (R-Louisburg), chair of the Senate Education Committee, to bring information on teacher salaries to the committee....
Read MorePosted by Mark Desetti | Jan 9, 2020 | Advocacy & Action, Bright Future |
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning hold press conference to announce a bipartisan compromise on Medicaid Expansion Saying that compromise is “hard, messy, and slow,” Governor Kelly and...
Read MorePosted by Mark Desetti | Jan 7, 2020 | Advocacy & Action, KPERS, Support for Educators |
In 2019, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly included re-amortization of the KPERS unfunded actuarial liability as part of her budget package. Re-amortization in that budget would have reduced the annual cost of KPERS to the state,...
Read MorePosted by Mark Desetti | Dec 18, 2019 | Uncategorized |
Should we re-segregate our schools? That seems to be the recommendation coming from some conservatives in the Kansas Legislature and some in the media who seem to be buying it. You see, they are alarmed that students who are not...
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