Here’s the boilerplate ALEC corporate tax credit scholarship bill that was modified and became Kansas law in the final hours of the 2014 legislative session, despite not being passed when considered on its own. The program was expanded this spring. Note the lack of academic accountability. http://www.alec.org/model-legislation/the-great-schools-tax-credit-program-act-scholarship-tax-credits/ We submitted testimony against...
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No comments Monthly Archives: July 2015
Watch Bill Moyers update on ALEC
Since multiple Kansas legislators are at an ALEC conference in San Diego, we thought this would be a good time to share this again. In this episode, Bill Moyers explains ALEC. Listen to some of the discussion on education at the 11:45 and 23:22 points. Click here: http://billmoyers.com/episode/united-states-of-alec-a-follow-up/...
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No comments State pays for lawmakers to attend ALEC conference in California
“Fourteen lawmakers had their registration fees paid for by the state at a total cost of $7,300, according to Legislative Administrative Services. More lawmakers probably are attending the conference, which runs July 22 through 24, but registered on their own and paid their own fees. “The lawmakers who had their...
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No comments ALEC admits vouchers are for kids in suburbs
Remember the corporate tax credit scholarship bill passed in Kansas in 2014 and expanded this year? It was an ALEC bill and is part of the problem described in this piece. “School vouchers were never about helping poor, at-risk or minority students. But selling them as social mobility tickets was...
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