The Kansas Board of Education adopted the Common Core State Standards for Math and English/Language Arts in 2010 as the framework for the Kansas standards in these areas. Current legislation proposes to reverse the BOE decision which would be a financial and educational setback for Kansas.

In its January, 2012, McCleary decision, the state Supreme Court ordered the state to fully fund K-12 public schools as required by the Washington Constitution. In December, 2012, the Supreme Court chastised the legislature for its inaction on complying with the McCleary decision. Senators Rodney Tom, and Steve Litzow, among others, continue to promote a slate of bad bills that have nothing to do with complying with the Supreme Court's ruling. Washington is now ranked 43rd in student spending, $2,700 below the national average. It is time for the WA State Legislature to start obeying the law, beginning with reducing overcrowded class sizes

Payments made to the Social Security System to withdraw from when wage-earners retire are not "entitlements". Entitlements are actually those expenses that NO ONE paid into. Support President Obama's position on this issue!

The Old Village Historic District Commission guidelines and town ordinance includes porches in the BAR (Building Area Ratio) Requirement for allowable square footage for homes in the Old Village Historic District. The BAR ordinance should be amended because it puts an unnecessary restriction on builders and homeowners in the OVHD. When designing a home people shouldn't have to choose between a bedroom for a child and a front and/or back porch. Porches don't make houses look overly large. Porches are cherished places and historically they are the "ubiquitous feature of the Old Village." Therefore, the Town of Mt. Pleasant should embrace porches as welcome additions especially on Old Village homes. Old Village residents should be encouraged to have porches, not discouraged from them. No other town in the Southeast restricts porches. So let's face it; it's absurd that the OVHDC has this restriction in their BAR ordinance and it needs to be fixed.

I am interested in reforming bullies in our school system. There are many resources available to the victims; however there is a huge lack of education and resources available to parents, schools and children in reforming a bully. In order to find a solution, we have to find out more, and provide a higher success rate at stopping that behavior. There currently are no interventions nor consequences for bullies. Parents of bullies should also at some point be held accountable i.e. like Florida's Truancy Law. Our children our the future of our world. Victims of bullies are in pain, but so are the bullies. In order to create change, we must provide the opportunity for all parties to have the necessary resources available.

people are still effected by the mortgage crisis and there is no help for the ones who have no income NONE!!!

The Congress of the United States is no longer responding in a responsible way to the citizens of the United States. It is time for a change that will benefit the American People.

I am interested in reforming bullies in our school system. There are many resources available to the victims; however there is huge lack of resources and education in reforming a bully. In order to find a solution, we have to find out more, and provide a higher success rate at stopping that behavior. There currently are no interventions nor consequences for bullies. Parents of bullies should also at some point helaccountable

Governor Pence proposes a 10% state income tax reduction to dole out our state tax surplus. This would only have a small impact on the state economy and the pockets of the average Hoosier (in most cases, $50-250). Those funds would be much better spent on education, which suffered serious loss of revenue as a result of property tax caps enacted under Governor Daniels. Our roads are also in poor condition. I applaud the Indiana House Republicans to have the courage to want to support education and our infrastructure instead of political pandering.

The lack of parking for downtown employees is causing massive debt and legal problems for the workers who keep our downtown businesses alive. There should be more easily accessible parking for downtown employees.

Help save our School by releasing the Circuit Breaker Tax Relief. We are a small community, but United. We are petitioning for the release of this fund to maintain our schools open. Our district with limited amount of fund was able to turn around and avoid a state take over. Now our district is an example to be follow, don't destroy the foundation of public education which has help educate many of us.

The Florida Retirement System is stable and healthy, but Governor Rick Scott and the Republicans want to close the system to new enrollees. The long-term fiscal viability will be undermined for no good reason. Dismantling FRS would have a huge impact on Florida's economy.