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Education finance bill with harmful policy passes the House 63-57

In order to pass, this bill had to have at least 63 votes.  The following 63 “representatives” voted for the education finance bill in the House. Did they represent you? Barker, Bradford, Bruchman, Brunk, Couture-Lovelady, Carlson, Carpenter, Cassidy, Christmann, Claeys, Corbet, Crum, E. Davis, DeGraaf, Dove, Edwards, Esau, Estes, Gandhi, Garber, Goico, Grosserode, Hawkins, Hedke, Highland, Hildabrand, Hoffman, Houser, Howell, Huebert, Hutton, Johnson, Jones, Kahrs, Kelley, Kiegerl, Kinzer, Kleeb, Lunn, Macheers, Mason, Mast, McPherson, Meigs, Merrick, O’Brien, Osterman, Peck, Powell, Read, Rhoades, Rothlisberg, Rubin, Ryckman Jr., Ryckman Sr., Schwab, Seiwert, Suellentrop, Thimesch, Thompson, Todd, Vickrey, Waymaster. Absent or...
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Why we oppose the ALEC corporate tax credit scholarship provision

We oppose inclusion of the ALEC corporate tax credit scholarship provision.  There was a hearing on this provision in the House Education Committee, where it received insufficient support to move out of the committee.  Here’s a portion of our testimony from that hearing (footnotes didn’t copy over but we referred to substantial research): Our concerns regarding this bill are extensive and stem from the explicit preference among some elected officials to turn over a significant portion of the K-12 public school system to private entities. To begin, we are disturbed to see that this is an ALEC (American...
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Senators vote against harmful education finance bill

Voting against the bill in the Senate on Sunday: Abrams, Bowers, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Haley, Hawk, Hensley, Holland, Kelly, Kerschen, Longbine, McGinn, Pettey, Pyle, V. Schmidt, Wolf. We note that Sen. Pyle publicly stated he was voting against the bill because debate was cut off and generally favored the harmful bill provisions....
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Senate passes education finance bill containing ALEC corporate tax credit “scholarship” provision and eliminating teacher due process

The education finance bill containing the ALEC corporate tax credit “scholarship” provision and eliminating teacher due process passed the Senate 22-16. Voting in favor of the bill: Apple, Arpke, Bruce, Denning, Fitzgerald, Holmes, King, Knox, LaTurner, Love, Lynn, Melcher, O’Donnell, Olson, Ostmeyer, Petersen, Pilcher-Cook, Powell, Shultz, Smith, Tyson, Wagle. Absent or Not Voting: Donovan, Masterson....
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