Leah Fliter

Wonderful ceremony today in #ksleg as Sen. Mike Argabright honors the Southern Lyon County USD 252 Honor Flight program on the Senate floor. I was v moved today to speak w/ a Vietnam veteran who was choked up describing the wonderful visit to DC in April w/ these students.

The USD 252 Southern Lyon County Honor Flight program is in the #ksleg today to share about the program & to be honored on the Senate floor.

The Advocate - A KASB Podcast The Kansas Association of School Boards Advocacy and Communications Teams bring you semi-regular updates from Topeka on current issues affecting K-12 Education.

Good morning #ksleg! KASB’s “The Advocate” podcast for week 2 of the session is live! Shannon & I talk taxes, K12 funding, and wonder why leadership is pushing vouchers:

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ALERT: SB 75 gives an $8k voucher to private school parents. Being heard Tuesday, January 28 at 1:30 pm. YOU MUST NOTIFY COMMITTEE TODAY THAT YOU WISH TO TESTIFY. Email S.Education@senate.ks.gov and state you will oppose SB 75. PDF of testimony due to same address by NOON MONDAY.

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Good morning, #ksleg! The latest episode of KASB’s “The Advocate” podcast will drop this afternoon. Join me & Shannon Kimball for all the details on a bill reducing the mill levy for schools. We’ll also bash lurking voucher proposals & give some action steps.

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Good morning, #ksleg fans! On tap today, KASB neutral testimony on HB 2011, reduces the 20 mills tax levy to 18.5. Working with Chair to ensure no revenue loss to schools. In Sen. Local Gov, we’re highlighting our work with Engaged Kansas to encourage KS to run for local ofc.

Good evening #ksleg fans! Head over to KASB’S FB page for a quick recap of today and a preview of our testimony on a bill that reduces the 20 mills for schools.

KASB's The Advocate Kansas Association of School Boards Advocacy and Communications team brings you semi-regular updates from Topeka, KS on current issues affecting K-12 Education. Follow The Advocate Podcast for the…

The first episode of KASB’s “The Advocate” podcast is posted! In 20 minutes, Shannon & I cover a great 1st week of the #ksleg 2025 session & give a heads-up on dark-money bills in the hopper. Listen here:

Good morning, #ksleg! Today we’ll be covering literacy in House Ed and SPED funding in Senate Ed. Tomorrow: hrng in House Tax on HB 2011, reducing 20 mills for schools to 18.5. Working w/Chair to ensure no revenue loss for ksed. Check our daily FB Live update for all the deets.

Good morning, #ksleg! KASB’s “The Advocate” podcast will drop later today. Join me & the fabulous Shannon Kimball for a quick rundown of all the deets from the first week of the session.

New K-12 followers, do you want to know all the deets from under the #ksleg dome & how to support Ks public schools? Shannon Kimball & I post a 10-minute video recap at the end of each day. Head over to the KASB FB page and click “like” to receive notice of when we go live.

Good morning, #ksleg! Shannon Kimball & I are back in the Statehouse today. Lots of meetings & briefings on tap. Shannon will cover the 10 a.m. joint House Approps/Senate Ways & Means meeting for Budget Director Proffitt’s presentation on Gov Laura Kelly’s budget priorities. 1/

Good morning, #ksleg! Shannon Kimball & I are back in the Statehouse today. Lots of meetings & briefings on tap. Shannon will cover the 10 a.m. joint House Approps/Senate Ways & Means meeting for Budget Director Proffitt’s presentation on Gov Laura Kelly’s budget priorities. 1/

Good evening #ksed! @leahfliter.bsky.social and I are settling down to watch Governor Laura Kelly's State of the State address this evening. We will be listening intently for the Governor's proposals on K-12 education, especially #fullyfundSPED. #ksleg

Good morning, #ksleg! I’m in Senate Tax for its 1st meeting of 2025. On tap today, request for bill intros and overview of KS taxes. Thursday: hearing on proposed constitutional amendment to cap property valuation hikes. KASB opposes arbitrary caps on revenue for schools, svcs.

Good morning, #ksleg! Committee meetings ramping up this week, including a Thursday Senate Tax hearing to cap property valuation increases. KASB opposes arbitrary caps on revenue for schools and other public services.

Shannon Kimball & I covering Day One of #ksleg 2025. I’m in the Senate, where Justice Dan Biles and Secretary of State Schwab are swearing in the body.

Good morning, #ksleg! KASB is proud to support Kansas public schools. Shannon Kimball and I will post a 10-minute update on KASB’s FB page at the end of each work day. On tap this wk: budget bill intro & a bill to cap property tax valuation.

#ksleg 2025 session starts tomorrow! KASB is honored to support the public schools that welcome and educate every Kansas kid.

Photos of Leah Fliter (KASB), Josh Cowan (Author, The Privateers) and Judith Deedy (Game On For KS Schools). Title of forum is "How Vouchers and "School Choice" Harm Students. QR code

Join us 1:30 - 3pm this Sunday to learn how school vouches impact our students and communities. At Tomahawk Ridge Community Ctr, 119th & Lowell, OPKS. @leahfliter.bsky.social @joshcowenmsu.bsky.social @judith-deedy.bsky.social

Coming to the #ksleg in 2025?

Mass deportations could endanger Kansas’ meat economy: ‘It would be a ghost town’ The price of beef is at all-time highs, but a major policy initiative of the incoming Trump Administration could drive them higher. In an industry that's already strapped for workers, mass…

The price of beef is at all-time highs, but a major policy initiative of the incoming Trump Administration could drive them higher. In an industry that's already strapped for workers, mass deportations could put some ranchers and feedlots out of business.

Looking forward to this! @joshcowenmsu.bsky.social @gameonkansas.bsky.social @skimball.bsky.social

Similar numbers in KS. Yet #ksleg leadership wants to impose school vouchers in 2025.

Schoolhouse Crock | Jennifer C. Berkshire In every generation, charlatans come along with a plan to make education better by spending less money on schools.

The incoming Trump administration’s vision for the nation’s schools is emerging—and it looks a lot like the past. But as @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social writes, it’s more than nostalgia at work on the far right.

#ksleg Josh Cowen (@joshcowenmsu.bsky.social)

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