Lansing KS School Bond Information

10/23/2026

Vote for our schools!

In 2016, my daughter Sara and I walked 60 miles to the Capitol (and back!) to call attention to the devastating cuts to public education.

Later that year, I won my seat in the Legislature, dead set on ending the Brownback experiment. And we did it! I co-founded the Bipartisan Women’s Caucus and helped end the disastrous tax experiment, while my opponent Ty Masterson voted to keep it going and even said it didn’t go far enough.

I’m proud of that work. I did it for my kids, and I’d do the same for yours. As governor, I’ll veto any bill that takes us back to those days.

10/10/2026

Ty Masterson helped create Kansas’ school funding crisis. Now he wants to be governor.

He voted for the Brownback tax cuts, then became Senate budget chair as Kansas schools faced an estimated $550 million funding shortage as a result of the Brownback tax cuts. Instead of closing the gap, he backed another $54 million cut and block grants that froze school funding for two years as school costs grew.

Then he paid $2.6 million to hire a consultant who recommended draining school districts’ rainy day funds. Masterson followed their contrived recommendation with a proposed bill to cut state aid based on those reserves and fought efforts to increase school funding.

Since he became Senate president, Kansas has fallen roughly $760 million short of federally required special education funding. Districts are required by law to provide those services, so local communities cover the gap by increasing property taxes.

This is the school funding record Masterson is taking into the governor’s race. If elected governor, Masterson will undoubtedly wield his power to make massive cuts to public schools. Share it so more Kansans know.

07/26/2026

07/26/2026

A few weeks ago, we shared a quote from candidate for governor/Senate President Ty Masterson about electing justices so they aren't forced to spend money on schools. Though they don't usually say it out loud, this has been an ongoing effort for over a decade. Here's a quote from Tim Owens sharing what then-Governor Brownback told him. The constitutional amendment is directly related to public education funding. Vote No on August 4th to protect our public schools and they children they serve.

07/23/2026

They're baaack! For a third election cycle, we are sharing the salty tweets below because Ryan Girdusky is the New Yorker who leads the 1776 Project PAC which then sought and again seeks to take over school boards using divisive rhetoric and misinformation. Kansas voters soundly rejected their candidates in local school board elections and should do so again now that they're moving to try to take over our State Board of Education. In the primary election, Jean Clifford in District 5 and Destry Brown in District 9 are running as local public education supporters rather than being bolstered by an out-of-state PAC. In the general election, Jennifer Lloyd in District 1, Amy Diediker in District 3, Lorie Wood in District 5, Ann Zimmerman in District 7 and Heather Guernsey in District 9 are also the non-1776 Project PAC candidates. Don't let this harmful national PAC buy our Kansas State Board of Education.

07/12/2026

07/08/2026

Vote NO

Did you know that Kansas Unified School Districts (USDs) have sued the State of Kansas for insufficient funding for 16 of the last 27 years? (Montoy Lawsuit (1999-2006) and Gannon Lawsuit (2010-2019). Both lawsuits had to be resolved by the Kansas Supreme Court. Do you think the proposed amendment to change how the Justices are selected is about this funding? Education funding is 42% of the Kansas State budget.

06/09/2026

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06/09/2026

On Aug. 4, Kansans will again vote on whether to change the way in which we select our Kansas Supreme Court Justices.