Another warning about tax-credit scholarships and other neo-vouchers, this one from Florida. Stories like this are part of why we believe bills attempting to establish or expand these programs need to have standards and accountability provisions. “I recently received a call from a community partner in the south end of...
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No comments Monthly Archives: February 2021
Kansas…Let’s Not Learn the Tax-Cut Lesson All Over Again
We are carefully watching SB22. Tax policy is directly related to our ability to fund our schools. Kansas school supporters should remember what happened the last time our state tried big tax cuts and Kansas legislators should remember what happened to the legislators who were eventually held responsible for the...
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No comments Tax Credit Scholarship Expansion Passes Out of House and Senate Committees
HB 2068 and SB 61, the identical House and Senate versions of the tax credit scholarship expansion have passed out of the House K-12 Education Budget and Senate Education Committees. We oppose these bills because they move further from the original premise of the tax credit scholarship scheme by expanding...
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