Tonight we have another installment of #kslegafterdark. While we await a floor debate of House Substitute for SB 16 and Substitute for House Bill 2395 (both of which we oppose), we’re sharing a multiple choice quiz. The choices are reasons we’ve heard are being given to support these bills. What do you think is the correct answer? Originally posted on Facebook 3/25/19...
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Wempe LTE shares frustration with election of legislators not supporting public education
We share Mr. Wempe’s apparent frustration that Kansans support public education but continue to elect too many legislators who don’t. We elected a pro-public education governor but our legislature moved slightly backwards. There is more work to do in this session and in the next election. Stay vigilant, Kansas. “Yet we continue to elect many to represent us who are openly hostile to public education and constantly seek to degrade and limit those who serve in our public schools. This latest legislative effort is a perfect example. And it seems to be supported by leadership. It seems to...
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“The real purpose of the school bill is evident. It isn’t designed just to protect victims of bullying; instead, it’s intended to introduce the idea of public vouchers for private- and parochial-school tuition costs. “Vouchers are a bad idea. They divert money from public schools, making it harder to educate children, and they can unconstitutionally mix religious and secular teaching.” Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/…/editori…/article227744079.html… Originally posted on Facebook 3/18/19...
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Leave a Comment Tax credit scholarships subsidizing religious schools
As the House K-12 Education Budget Committee attempts to include a bullying voucher in its school funding bill, we take a look at the tax credit scholarship voucher-in-disguise program already in existence. It appears largely to be the Kansas Subsidizing Religious Education program. The top Scholarship Granting Organizations are the Catholic Education Foundation with 436 eligible students, Support for Catholic Schools with 105 eligible students, Christian Faith Centre, Inc. (from its Facebook “exists to recruit, retain, and develop people into the full knowledge of Jesus Christ and to empower them to live a spiritually, emotionally, financially, and physically...
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