The tax credit scholarship bill which removes tax dollars from the State General Fund and gives those dollars to private, mainly religious schools, passed the House Education Committee. Thank Reps. Winn, Boldra, Bruchman, Lusk, Ousley, Trimmer for voting against it. Lunn, Barton, Bradford, Grosserode, Hedke, Hutchins, Jones, Kelley, Macheers, Rhoades, Smith voted for it. Time to contact your local Representative. “A major expansion of Kansas’ fledgling tax credit program to help low-income families pay for private school passed a key hurdle Monday when a majority of House Education Committee members approved it. “The measure would next need to...
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Harmful bills having negative impact
“But there are still plenty of other school-related bills pending in the Legislature, including one that would put tighter controls on their ability to issue bonds, and another that would broaden a program that provides some student scholarships to attend private and parochial schools. “And school leaders are saying the sum total of all those proposals is now taking a toll on the morale of their teachers and staffs.” Read more here: http://m.ljworld.com/news/2016/feb/08/school-district-realignment-bill-stalls-educators-/?templates=mobile...
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Leave a Comment Silver Lake superintendent warns of continuing threat
Please remember district consolidation is just one of multiple bills we oppose. “‘But while we’ve heard conversations over the last three years about consolidation, this was really the first time they put it into action, anything into words,’ he said. ‘For the first time, communities across Kansas have really had their first glimpse of ‘wow, is this really what they’re planning?’ “Hallacy said, however, if the makeup of the Kansas Legislature doesn’t change after the August primary or the November general election later this year, he said the proposal likely will re-emerge during the 2017 legislative session.” Read...
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Leave a Comment Bill to require additional reporting by districts with drastic consequences narrowly defeated in House
SB 188, the bill that would have required additional reporting by school districts of information already publicly available and would have included a fine of $1,000 per day that a district was not in compliance, failed to pass the House on February 5th. Thank those who voted no (61): Alcala, Alford, Anthimides, Ballard, Becker, Billinger, Boldra, Bollier, Burroughs, Campbell, Carlin, Carmichael, Clark, Clayton, Concannon, Curtis, Dierks, Doll, Edmonds, Ewy, Finney, Francis, Frownfelter, Gallagher, Garber, Gonzalez, Helgerson, Henderson, Henry, Hibbard, Highberger, Hill, Hineman, Houston, Jennings, Kuether, Lewis, Lusk, Lusker, Moxley, Ousley, F. Patton, Rooker, Ruiz, Sawyer, Schroeder, Schwartz, Scott,...
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