The House has passed an education finance bill 67-55. It now goes to the Senate. There are true education supporters on both sides of this vote. Overall, it is a good plan, and much better than the block grants. We understand the need to get this plan passed and in front of the Kansas Supreme Court as soon as possible. We are among those who think the court may well determine the funding level is inadequate and force the legislature to increase it. (We also believe there are too many current legislators who will not go any higher...
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CCR for SB 30 fails in the House
We supported passage of CCR for SB 30. We knew this bill wouldn’t bring in as much funding as we would like, but it would have reversed the Brownback tax experiment and gone a long way towards restoring necessary revenue. We wish we had just a few more moderate Rs or Ds in the Senate (so that we could have a veto-proof majority and not just a majority) and have reason to believe we won’t see a better income tax plan with this legislature. We also know legislators don’t like repeatedly voting for large tax increases that don’t pass-it...
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Leave a Comment ACTION ALERT MAY 22 2017
Our best chance for moving out of our current fiscal crisis appears to be TODAY. The House will be reconvening this evening. Contact your Representative NOW and urge him/her to vote YES on CCR for SB 30. This is a critical step to ensuring we can pass a constitutional school finance plan. Contact information for Representatives is available here: http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/chamber/house/roster/. If you don’t know who your Representative is, click here: https://ksleglookup.org. Tell your Representative you understand the need for comprehensive tax reform, that you are tired of living through a fiscal crisis and that you want our state to...
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Leave a Comment Game On submits testimony for House Ed hearing on tax credit expansion bill
On Thursday, March 23rd, the House Education Committee will hold a hearing on expanding the tax credit scholarship program. This program is a “neovoucher” in that it functions as a voucher but is structured as a “scholarship” to avoid being deemed unconstitutional when the funding goes to religious schools. This bill was originally scheduled to be heard in the House K-12 Education Budget Committee but on Wednesday, March 22nd was scheduled for a hearing March 23rd. At this point we aren’t expecting this bill to pass out of committee. Here is Game On’s written testimony. Here is...
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