Thank you to all those who ran, supported candidates, voted & encouraged others to vote! It was a great election for traditional candidates & for students and staff in districts across Kansas! If elections in your district didn’t go well, there’s another election in 2 years.
FYI - Today, the currently appointed US Dept Educ Secretary urged states to redirect federal funding for K12 at-risk students and re-allocate for private school tuition vouchers. @KsPTALeg@SMAC_PTA@GameOnKansas@KASBPublicEd@USAKansas
The KS legislature is making final changes to the state budget, including the allocation to K12 public schools. Bottom line - state aid for KS students is short by hundreds of millions. #ksleg@KsPTALeg@SMAC_PTA@GameOnKansas@KASBPublicEd@USAKansas
https://t.co/YDjHxjiG7d
#ACTIONALERT
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SENATOR TODAY AND URGE THEM TO OPPOSE SB 87 ON FINAL ACTION (LIKELY TOMORROW-WEDNESDAY).
#ksleg#ksed
details on Face-book https://t.co/2QrHPDOfDT
#ACTIONALERT
We've reached the part of the session where bills go to the floor. Please contact your Representative in the House and urge them to increase the funding for SPED in HB 2007, the budget bill. #ksleg#ksed
p.s. We're most active on Face-book and Blue-sky
"Ohio is a state where families earning $60,000 a year are subsidizing the private school tuition of families earning $300,000 a year," Dan Heintz, educator and school board member. #ksleg#ksed#vouchers
https://t.co/W8lcujxiPn
Join PFPS for First Webinar of the New Year: How to Fight Vouchers in 2025: A Toolkit for Advocates.
Hear from Judith Deedy @GameOnKansas ,
Leah Fliter @KASBPublicEd and Josh Cowen.
https://t.co/r1QAaEaLhJ via @pfpsorg@KsPTALeg@SMAC_PTA
Public funding for private tuition is returning to the Kansas legislature this session. Understand who benefits and who doesn't by joining this #JoCo Town Hall with @joshcowenMSU, @GameOnKansas and @leahfliter.
Today we celebrate Special Education Day!!
Special Education Day was first celebrated in 2005 which was the 30th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. President Gerald Ford signed the law on November 29, 1975.
#SpecialEducationDay
You still have time to vote! The future of public education is on the ballot. The children of our state our counting on you! If you are in line by 7:00 pm, you get to cast a ballot.
#ksleg#ksed
🚨🚨🚨 Leaked audio of #KSLeg Majority Leader HD8 Rep Chris Croft finally interested in a #JoCo issue. To override local control, he is researching a plot with the JoCo GOP Chairwoman to dissolve school boards and county commissions to remove #BOCC Chairman Mike Kelly! #Coup