Contact Representative Ron Estes before Friday and let him know you oppose a federal voucher program in the budget bill. Early this morning, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee approved its lengthy section of the House budget reconciliation bill. Unfortunately, the 389-page measure still includes a $5 billion proposal for universal vouchers for private schools and homeschools, even in states like Kansas, which have rejected vouchers. The reconciliation bill will be heard by the House Budget Committee this Friday, May 16. Representative Estes is the only Kansan on the committee. Please contact his office before Friday to...
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We Oppose Federal Voucher Programs Too!
We oppose this voucher and oppose hiding it in the budget bill. “The tax panel’s proposal includes a $20 billion total tax credit, which would be made up of a $5 billion tax credit annually between 2026 and 2029… “‘This is opening the door to the federal government subsidizing a secondary private system of education that gets to pick and choose who it educates and how it educates kids,’ Sasha Pudelski, director of advocacy at AASA, The School Superintendents Association, told States Newsroom… “Organizations that advocate for students with disabilities, including the National Center for Learning Disabilities, the...
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Leave a Comment State Board of Education denies funding for Public Education Partnership
The Kansas State Board of Education just voted 5-5 to deny funding a program that, since 2011, has spread the word to Kansas families about summer meals provided by their local school districts. That $20,000 of our federal tax dollars will now go to other states. There are 10 members of the state board and no matter how many are present, 6 votes are required for an item to pass. Elections have consequences. State Board of Education members Dennis Hershberger, Danny Zeck, Michelle Dombrosky, Connie O’Brien and Debby Potter voted against funding to provide information about summer lunch...
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Leave a Comment Texas Rep. James Talarico on Vouchers
Once again Texas legislator James Talarico nails how vouchers are a scam, welfare for the wealthy, and a massive transfer of wealth from the bottom to the top (and in Kansas from rural areas to Johnson and Sedgwick Counties). Watch here on Instagram Originally posted to Facebook 4/6/2025....
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