Kansas PTA 715 SW 10th Street, Topeka KS 66612 www.kansas-pta-legislative.org kansaspta@gmail.com Testimony to House Committee on Education Honorable Chair, Representative Ron Highland, DVM, PhD Sue Mollenkamp, Committee Assistant, 785-296-7310 Sue.Mollenkamp@house.ks.gov Room 112-N Hearing, 1:30 pm Location: 112-N, Tues, Feb 2, 2016 Testimony Kansas PTA Opposed to HB2457 – Tax Credit Scholarship Expansion Chairman Highland and Committee Members, Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony regarding HB2457 – tax credit scholarship expansion. The Kansas PTA is here today in opposition to this proposed bill. Kansas PTA still shares the same concerns expressed in 2014, when we first testified in...
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Game On testifies against tax credit scholarship expansion bill
Testimony before the House Committee on Education in opposition to House Bill 2457 – Amending the tax credit for low income students scholarship program act by Judith Deedy, Executive Director of Game On for Kansas Schools February 2, 2016 Mr. Chair, Members of the Committee: I came here today as a parent of public school students and as a member of the Game On for Kansas Schools leadership team. I appreciate the opportunity to testify on the proposed expansion of the tax credit scholarship bill and to explain our opposition to House Bill 2457. Game on for Kansas...
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Leave a Comment Republicans warned they’ll be postcarded if they don’t support changes to Supreme Court Justice selection
Our courts are under attack, too. Please tell legislators like Rep. Clayton who are willing to protect our independent judiciary that you will not fall for postcard attacks. The Carr case will be used as the justification for trying to change judicial selection, but if you think this doesn’t have anything to do with school funding, you haven’t been paying attention. From the Twitterverse:...
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Leave a Comment Revenue down AGAIN but House Ed discusses expanding tax credit for private school scholarships
And yet, today there will be a hearing on giving tax credits for money given for students to attend private schools. We’ll be testifying against it. “Kansas revenue fell $6.8 million below [lowered] expectations in January, continuing an almost uninterrupted streak during the past several months of worse-than-expected collections for the state.” Read more here: http://cjonline.com/news/2016-02-01/kansas-revenue-68m-below-estimates-january...
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