Vlog on Recent Legislative Training

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(The following excerpt taken from the DBC April 2013 e-news)

Chriz Dally, Organizing Chair for Alliance for Deaf Bilingual Children (DBC), summarizes her experience and reflects on the importance of what she learned through a Legislative Training that was provided on April 20, 2010 by Kansas Association of the Deaf (KAD) and National Association of the Deaf (NAD).

Click here to view the vlog on YouTube.

You can find a translation (PDF document) here.

Thank you Chriz Dally!!!

KSD and State General Fund

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We recently retrieved this information about Kansas School for the Deaf and thought it is worth sharing with you:

“Hi all, I am passing on information that helped clarify the issues for me and hopefully will do the same for you.

Gene Neely of the KNEA offered the following tips for corresponding to the legislators:

-Focus on protecting KSD from further budget cuts, how past cuts have reduced resources for the students and that we hope for no additional cuts in the future.

-Comments on the sales tax issue or the state general fund don’t help with the real issue, which is protecting KSD funding. Mentioning the sales tax issue may distract anti-tax legislatures to fixating on the tax issue rather than KSD funding issue.

-Ask the legislator to oppose any cuts to KSD.
-Thank the legislator who supports KSD and returns funding to previous levels.

Remember the supportive legislators and the opposing legislators in the 2014 elections.
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Sue Gamble, KSD Information Officer, provided the following clarification on how KSD is funded.

KSD is funded by the SGF. SGF stands for State General Fund which is from three major sources: Income Tax, Sales Tax, and Property Tax. Most state agencies and services funding comes from the SGF.

Local school districts follow a formula to get state funding. KSD is not part of a formula. KSD is directly funded by the SGF. Many legislators incorrectly think KSD is like the public schools, funded by a formula.

Therefore, if the SGF has less money, the KSD budget will be reduced. Several representatives support reducing money to the SGF by not extending the current sales tax. Reduced revenue=less money to fund KSD.
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In summary, we need to continue writing our Legislators to ask them to protect funding for KSD, regardless of where the funds originate, to continue serving Kansas’ deaf and hard of hearing students. “

Are You a KAD Member?

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Hi there!

Wondering if you are already a KAD member? Not sure if your membership is expired? Interested in becoming a KAD member?

If you have any questions or concerns about your current KAD membership status, please contact Glenda Haefner, Membership Coordinator.

To join or renew, please print and fill out the KAD Membership (PDF attachment) and then mail it along with your payment of $20.00 for two years.

Bylaws Proposals Due June 8, 2013

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Hi all! Vice President here. The proposals for ByLaws are due June 8 2013. There are significant changes we need to do to the bylaws, especially on the State Ambassador Director and Miss Deaf Kansas Ambassadorship.

To view the Bylaws last revised June 24, 2011, you need to be able to view the PDF file using Acrobat Reader.

Please click on the KAD Bylaws to open the PDF attachment.

Do please let me know of your proposals and we will set up a committee meeting to meet in May or June.

Interested to be on my bylaws committee? Have a proposal or two? Please email me at vpresident@deafkansas.org.