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In this episode, Bill Moyers explains ALEC. Listen to some of the discussion on education at the 11:45 and 23:22 points. http://billmoyers.com/episode/united-states-of-alec-a-follow-up/...

ALEC has a strong presence in Kansas and a strong anti-public education ideology. This article from 2013 connects the dots and shows several ALEC bills in Kansas that year. http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/07/12175/cashing-kids-139-alec-bills-2013-promote-private-profit-education-model...

We haven’t done much posting on ALEC in a while, but here’s a story we did a post on last year when the ALEC convention was in Kansas City. “ALEC’s Tax and Fiscal Policy task force, headed by Altria/Phillip Morris’ Amanda Klum and New Hampshire State Rep. Ken Weyler, is adding a Joint Education Finance Working Group at this week’s meeting. “Why is a tax task force led by a cigarette lobbyist forming an education subcommittee? Perhaps to advance tuition “tax credit” policies to subsidize charter and religious schools, a scheme dubbed “neo-vouchers” by critics… “ALEC’s Education task...