Which legislators voted FOR cuts to our kids' schools?
The anti-public education Republican supermajority, controlled by Senate President Ty Masterson and Speaker of the House Dan Hawkins, is wholly responsible for the program and staff cuts recently announced in Blue Valley Schools (and in other districts in JoCo and across the state).
๐๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐. Public school districts across the state sounded the alarm - they wouldnโt be able to make ends meet without the ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ they would be short. They also pointed out: ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ! Funds had already been appropriated for public education, and were available to simply be reallocated to cover the gap.
The bad budget passed 67 to 53 in the House and 23 to 16 in the Senate. Not even close to unanimous. (Links to vote counts in comments.) Now the legislators who are responsible for staff and program cuts to our kidsโ schools want you to vote for them! Theyโre claiming they support our schools - because they know thatโs what voters want to hear! Voters - ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.
๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป?
Senate President ๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป (now running for Governor)
Sen. ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป (District 11)
Sen. ๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฒ (District 35)
Speaker of the House Rep. ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ (now running for KS Insurance Commissioner)
Rep. ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ (now running for KS Secretary of State)
Rep. ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ (District 8 - running for re-election)
Rep. ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป (District 26 - running for re-election)
Rep. ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ (District 27 - running for re-election)
Rep. ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น ๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ (not running in 2026; ๐ช๐ฒโ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ for this seat. The Republican candidate in this district is fully backed by the anti-public education Kansas Republican Party)
๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ก๐ข - ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฑ๐โ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐?
Sen. ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ (who weโve endorsed for Governor)
Rep. ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ผ๐ป (Unopposed in District 16)
Rep. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ-๐๐๐ป๐ป ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ป (Unopposed in District 20)
Rep. ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ (Unopposed in District 29)
Rep. ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ข๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป (Unopposed in District 48)
Rep. ๐ก๐ถ๐ธ๐ธ๐ถ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ (being challenged in District 49 by a MAGA opponent whoโd voted against our schools, if elected)
๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ-๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป๐! ๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ-๐๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐.
EVERY one who voted NO - standing up for our kidsโ schools - should be re-elected (or in the case of Sen. Cindy Holscher, elected as KS Governor).
When you hear legislators say they โvoted to fully fund public schools,โ that statement refers to the per-pupil funding that the KS Supreme Court REQUIRED KsLeg to provide - the result of a years-long lawsuit (Gannon). But when per-pupil funds (that shouldย go to classroom teachers, programs like art and music, world language, athletics) must be diverted to cover excess cost to educate students needing Special Education services, it results in lower per-pupil amounts to EVERY student. In BV, that amounted to $16 MILLION in 2025-26. Legislators 100% knew this before they voted. District staff and Board of Education members made direct pleas. Communication was crystal-clear.
We appreciate the Blue Valley School Board and administrators, including Superintendent Dr. Gillian Chapman, for their efforts to educate legislators and encourage them to support our kidsโ schools, and their candid communication with voters now. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐๐น๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐.
Early voting has started! Help spread the word to your neighbors, your kidsโ friends parents, your co-workers - ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐-๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. Vote Monday through Saturday 9 AM - 7 PM at locations including BV Hilltop and OP Arboretum. See links for our Voting Guide and more early voting info.ย
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