Vouchers don’t help poor kids-they hurt them, in Louisiana and everywhere else. As Diane Ravitch explains, “Remember the claim that vouchers would ‘save poor kids from failing public schools’? As we see in state after state, it’s not true. Josh Cowen wrote in his new book The Privateers that voucher...
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No comments Monthly Archives: February 2025
Senate Action Alert
Voucher bills are headed to the floor of the Senate this week-contact your Senator and urge them to vote NO on SB 87 and SB 75. SB 87 is an expansion of the current tax credit “scholarship” voucher program that was further expanded in committee by Rep. Adam Thomas who...
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We’ve reached the part of the session where bills go to the floor. Please contact your Representative in the House and urge them to increase the funding for SPED in HB 2007, the budget bill. Last week, the House Appropriations Committee voted to slash additional SPED funding from the $30...
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No comments KASB Statehouse Update 2/14/2025
This is an important week! Watch this helpful update from KASB to learn about key issues with SPED funding and more and contact your legislators. https://fb.watch/xPiGZ0-unG Originally shared to Facebook 2/17/2025....
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