School Funding Update
by kneacomm | April 2, 2024 | Advocacy & Action | 0 Comments
As reported yesterday, the Legislature is busy working through the last scheduled week of the 2024 legislative session. The conferees for the House and Senate Committees on Education have met several times in the last two days. Today’s afternoon conference committee...
Week 13- Preview
by kneacomm | April 1, 2024 | Advocacy & Action | 0 Comments
Week 13 of the 2024 Kansas legislative session is about to begin. Many issues still need to be resolved, and several pieces of legislation are alive and well. The legislature gave itself one extra day off by finishing all scheduled debates early and went home on...
TAKE ACTION NOW & WEEK 12 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
by Timothy Graham | March 26, 2024 | Advocacy & Action, Bill Briefs, KNEA, Legislative Summary, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
House Sub for SB 387, the dreaded mega-school funding bill that adds several pieces of policy to the House K-12 budget. Policy like the following: Elimination of the SPED funding task force, Implementation of a controversial at-risk accountability plan, and Additional...
Weeks 8 & 9: Flat tax, Vouchers, KPERS
by kneacomm | March 11, 2024 | Advocacy & Action, KPERS, School Finance, Taxation, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
The second half of the session is starting to gain momentum but moving like a train up a hill, which is probably a good thing. Hastily passed bills debated in the darkness of night seldom end in good policy, so slowly easing into the last half of the session is a...
After a Long Night of Bad Policy, Some Reasons for Optimism
by kneacomm | April 7, 2023 | Advocacy & Action, Bill Briefs, House, Legislative Summary, Senate, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
The Kansas Legislature finally adjourned for their spring season break at about 4:30 a.m. Friday, after approving dozens of policies indicative of the mixed-up priorities of the majority party. The best news of the night is that thanks to the advocacy of...
