“ALEC’s Tax and Fiscal Policy task force, headed by Altria/Phillip Morris’ Amanda Klum and New Hampshire State Rep. Ken Weyler, added a Joint Education Finance Working Group at this week’s meeting [May 1-2 in Kansas City]. Why is a tax task force led by a cigarette lobbyist forming an education...
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No comments Monthly Archives: May 2014
North Carolina experiences problems we predicted with ALEC Read to Achieve bill
Last year, we opposed the third grade retention bill in the Kansas legislature. We saw it as an ALEC bill that, like many ALEC bills, looks good at first glance but would fail to solve the problems it sought to address while creating additional harmful consequences. We were accused of...
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No comments Tax revenue in April down 45% from last April-not good news for Kansas school funding
This isn’t good news for the future of school funding in Kansas. “Tax revenue in April dropped 45 percent from a year ago, the Kansas Department of Revenue announced Wednesday. The state’s revenue for the year is $92.9 million less than projected earlier this month.” Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2014/04/30/3431703/kansas-revenues-off-92-million.html#storylink=cpy...
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No comments The Smart and Shadowy ALEC-a report from a principal in OK
Here’s a piece from a principal in OK. Some of it should sound familiar. “This legislation is the predictable and incremental next step in the privatization of Oklahoma public schools, following the 2010 passage of the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship Program for students with special needs, also sponsored by Representative...
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