The Senate passed ANOTHER expansion of the tax credit “scholarship” program on Wednesday, February 19th, and while it was falsely claimed that opponents didn’t talk about students, they soundly rejected proposed amendments that would increase transparency and oversight over the program or ensure that the low-income students that were originally...
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Tax credit “scholarships” are vouchers!
We know some people are being told that tax credit “scholarships” are not vouchers, but As Josh Cowen explains, if it’s money that gets used for private school costs and you have to leave the public schools to use them, they’re vouchers. Not all vouchers are tax credit “scholarships,” (some...
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No comments Senate Action Alert on SB 47 for Wednesday, 2/19
We have another Action Alert for Wednesday, February 19th in the Senate. Contact your Senator and urge them to oppose SB 47, a blatant attempt by a special interest group to change Kansas school board policy in ways that would make it easier to harass school board members, usurp local...
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No comments CONTACT YOUR SENATOR TODAY AND URGE THEM TO OPPOSE SB 87 ON FINAL ACTION (LIKELY WEDNESDAY 2/19)
The Senate is one step away from passing SB 87, the egregious expansion of the private school voucher tax credit “scholarship” program. The only successful amendment was removing the provision to raise the tax credit from 75% to 100%. The rest of our objections remain. *75% tax credits are tax...
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