TAKE ACTION NOW- JUDICIAL RETENTION
by kneacomm | March 2, 2025 | Advocacy & Action, Bright Future, Support for Educators, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
School funding litigation is complex. Kansans need judges who earned the responsibility to fairly and justly decide these cases, and the many other cases that impact Kansas schools and educators. Having an independent court system, where judges are appointed based on...
Legislature Moves to Ban Gender Affirming Care and Punish Parents and Care-givers
by kneacomm | January 30, 2025 | Advocacy & Action, Bill Briefs, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Contact your House and Senate representatives and tell them that the government should not interfere with the personal and private healthcare decisions between families and their doctors. Click the button below to locate your legislators according to your residential...
Week 2 Under The Dome
by kneacomm | January 27, 2025 | Advocacy & Action, House, Legislative Summary, School Finance, Taxation, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Week 2 of the 2025 legislative session is in the books. The legislature has introduced 184 bills. KNEA is tracking 27 of those bills. We’ve testified on 3 bills. We hit the ground running with the issue of property taxes. The epic tax battle between Governor Kelly and...
2025 LEGISLATIVE SESSION UNDERWAY
by kneacomm | January 21, 2025 | Advocacy & Action, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
The 2025 session of the Kansas Legislature has officially started. The 125 member Kansas House, and the 40 member Kansas Senate, both gaveled in on Monday, January 13. The session is statutorily set to be 90 days. Republican leadership has set a very ambitious goal of...
Post-Election Outlook
by kneacomm | November 19, 2024 | Advocacy & Action | 0 Comments
As the world processes the results of the 2024 election cycle, one thing we should all agree on is that elections have consequences. The 2024 elections will undoubtedly have consequences for our association and its members. The pressing question is the extent of these...