Since multiple Kansas legislators are at an ALEC conference in San Diego, we thought this would be a good time to share this again. In this episode, Bill Moyers explains ALEC. Listen to some of the discussion on education at the 11:45 and 23:22 points. Click here: http://billmoyers.com/episode/united-states-of-alec-a-follow-up/...
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State pays for lawmakers to attend ALEC conference in California
“Fourteen lawmakers had their registration fees paid for by the state at a total cost of $7,300, according to Legislative Administrative Services. More lawmakers probably are attending the conference, which runs July 22 through 24, but registered on their own and paid their own fees. “The lawmakers who had their fee paid for by the state: Reps. Steve Brunk, Dan Hawkins, Dennis Hedke and Gene Suellentrop, all Republicans from Wichita; Rep. Marvin Kleeb, R-Overland Park, the House Tax chairman; Rep. Ron Highland, R-Wamego, the House Education chairman; Rep. John Barker, R-Abilene, the House Judiciary chairman; Reps. James Todd...
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Leave a Comment ALEC admits vouchers are for kids in suburbs
Remember the corporate tax credit scholarship bill passed in Kansas in 2014 and expanded this year? It was an ALEC bill and is part of the problem described in this piece. “School vouchers were never about helping poor, at-risk or minority students. But selling them as social mobility tickets was a useful fiction that for some twenty-five years helped rightwing ideologues and corporate backers gain bipartisan support for an ideological scheme designed to privatize public schools. “But the times they are a-changin’. Wisconsin is well on its way towards limitless voucher schools, and last month, Nevada signed into...
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Leave a Comment Partial list of Kansas legislators with ALEC ties
Here is a partial list of Kansas legislators with ALEC ties. We know the list is dated, but it’s a good start. Email us at gameonforpubliceducation@gmail.com if you have additions. Pete DeGraaf, Daniel Hawkins and J.R. Claeys should be added. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_ALEC_Politicians...
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