On Wednesday, the House K-12 Education Budget 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 hearing was originally scheduled for last Friday but was postponed until Wednesday. At this point we aren’t expecting this bill to pass out of committee. Here is Game On’s written testimony. Click here to view the bill: http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2374_00_0000.pdf....
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Senate fails to override veto of tax bill
The vote to override the veto has failed in the Senate. The vote was 24-16, and 27 votes were needed. Please thank the following senators for voting to override the veto: Berger, Billinger, Bollier, Bowers, Doll, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Givens, Goddard, Haley, Hardy, Hawk, Hensley, Holland, Kelly, Kerschen, Longbine, McGinn, Pettey, Rogers, V. Schmidt, Skubal, Sykes, Taylor, Are these senators who voted against overriding the veto representing you? Alley, Baumgardner, Denning, Estes, Fitzgerald, LaTurner, Lynn, Masterson, Olson, Petersen, Pilcher-Cook, Pyle, Suellentrop, Tyson, Wagle, Wilborn Originally posted on Facebook 2/22/17....
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Leave a Comment Action Alert: Contact your senator now
Contact your senator NOW and urge him or her to vote to override Governor Brownback’s veto of the tax bill. They are planning to vote at 3:00. Originally posted on Facebook 2/22/17....
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The House has voted to override Governor Brownback’s veto of the tax bill to restore fiscal sanity to our state. 84 votes were needed, and the final vote was 85-40. Now contact your Senator. Please thank the following Representatives who voted for the override: Alcala, Alford, Aurand, Baker, Ballard, Becker, Bishop, Brim, Burroughs, Campbell, Carlin, Carmichael, Clark, Clayton, Concannon, Cox, Crum, Curtis, Deere, Dierks, Dietrich, Elliott, Eplee, Finch, Finney, Francis, Frownfelter, Gallagher, Gartner, Good, Helgesson, Henderson, Hibbard, Highberger, Hineman, Hodge, Holscher, Jennings, Johnson, Judd-Jenkins, Karleskint, Kelly, Kessinger, Koesten, Kuether, Lewis, Lusk, Lusker, Markley, Mastroni, Miller, Murnan, Neighbor, Ohaebosim,...
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