What grade did the 2025 Republican supermajority-controlled KS Legislature earn when it comes to supporting public education in Blue Valley? Some of the state’s most influential Republican legislators hail from Blue Valley and Johnson County. Certainly they voted for our kids and their neighborhood public schools, right? Read our summary below and tell us what you think. Here are our thoughts, as parents and community members who’ve advocated for our neighborhood public schoo

Email your State Representative now to OPPOSE SB 87 or any other expansion of voucher-like schemes that divert public dollars to private, exclusive schools. Find your KS Rep and their email address here: https://ksleglookup.org   SB 87, an expansion of Kansas’ voucher-like program, passed the KS Senate last month and will be heard in the House Education Committee on Monday. In that KS Senate vote, Kellie Warren and TJ Rose voted to give even more tax money to private school

Voting AGAINST Blue Valley last week, State Senators Kellie Warren and TJ Rose voted to divert even more taxpayer dollars to private (mostly religious) schools; rejected holding those private schools accountable for how they use and manage Kansas taxpayer dollars; voted to disenfranchise mail-ballot voters; and voted against local control of School Boards. BV-area State Senator Cindy Holscher voted the opposite of Warren and Rose in each case.  SB 87 expands the existing vou

Kansas Senate Education Committee has a hearing scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 28 on SB 75, this year's first iteration of a school...

We’ve documented 11 key votes taken between 2019 and 2023 by both State Sen. Cindy Holscher (who we’ve endorsed since 2016) and Sen. Kellie Warren (who we have NEVER endorsed, nor has the other parent-led public education advocacy group in Warren’s own district, Education First Shawnee Mission). Three separate times, Warren voted FOR voucher schemes, or expansion of voucher programs that are already in place, while Holscher voted against. Remember, there’s NO public oversight

Virginia-based Americans For Prosperity spent over $100,000 to help Kellie Warren beat Sen. John Skubal in the 2020 Republican primary - because Skubal didn’t vote for vouchers and cuts to public school funding. Skubal voted for BV kids. Since AFP is all about FOR-PROFIT privatization of public services and tax cuts for their billionaire backers, legislators who vote for public education stand in their way. Now AFP is back for more. We reviewed AFP’s campaign finance filings

Here’s your periodic reminder that Americans for Prosperity (AFP) does NOT care about Blue Valley kids, their schools, our community, or...

Americans For Prosperity (AFP), a dark-money, anti-tax, voucher-supporting organization NOT based in Kansas, has sent mailers supporting...

We’re seeing unprecedented spending by outsiders in a local senate race. Liberty First Project, a new voucher-supporting dark-money organization, is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on STREAMING ADS for Kellie Warren. Do you know how expensive streaming ads are?!! Clearly, the school privateers NEED Warren to win. Since 2019, Warren has voted FOR vouchers, fought AGAINST Gov. Laura Kelly on school funding, voted FOR irresponsible tax cuts for wealthy Kansans, and vot

Voucher schemes threaten funding for music education - including band, orchestra, and choir programs. Yet, BV-area legislators Kellie...

A new dark-money organization is spending tens of thousands of dollars sending campaign mailers and texts for voucher-supporting...

Voucher schemes threaten funding for school-sponsored sports and activities. BV-area legislators Kellie Warren, Carl Turner, Chris Croft,...

This article was originally posted 4/16/2023 on SUBV Facebook page Did your BV-area legislators vote to divert tax money to fund private...

This article was originally posted 3/16/2023 on SUBV Facebook page When they figured you were busy with Spring Break, some BV-area...

This article was originally posted 2/24/2023 on SUBV Facebook page Three of 4 BV-area state senators voted 2/23/2023 to expand the...

The School Chooses Your Child. Your Property Values Plummet. Part I: In deference to concerning world events, we’ve delayed posting about...

Breaking: KsLeg adjourns with “School Choice” legislation intact. Johnson County schools face significant negative impacts. The Kansas...

We know SUBV members vote, and educate themselves prior to voting, do their best to know how their legislators are voting in Topeka, and...

This article was originally posted 4/10/2021 on SUBV Facebook page SB175, the “Frankenstein Bill” that paired required education funding...

This article was originally posted 3/31/2021 on SUBV Facebook page The Kansas House approved Voucher Bill 2119 yesterday. In the same...