Vouchers are a scam in Florida (and everywhere else). We don’t want them in Kansas. Here’s more information from a former local school board member in Florida. “When Florida went to a universal voucher system in 2023, extending eligibility for vouchers worth $8,000 to $35,000 a year to all, without restrictions, 122,895 new students signed up. Only 13 percent had been in public schools. 69 percent were already in private schools. Another 18 percent were brand-new kindergarteners. “These are not families disgruntled with the public school system. The state’s voucher system is subsidizing choices families were already making,...
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Relief as federal funds unfrozen
The funds should not have been withheld in the first place, but we are relieved they’re now being released. “President Donald Trump’s administration announced Friday it was releasing billions of dollars in school grants, including about $43 million that had been withheld in Kansas… “The Trump administration had come under increasing pressure to release the money. A couple of lawsuits challenged the freeze and members of Congress from both parties urged the administration to release the money. A coalition of 14 school districts, parents, teachers unions and nonprofit organizations filed a lawsuit challenging the decision to withholding the...
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Leave a Comment Kelly joins 17 governors demanding release of federal funds
Thank you to the 18 governors, including Governor Kelly, who sent a letter to Sec. McMahon and OMB Director Vought demanding the release of frozen Title funds for schools. The administration is releasing some funds today, but still withholding over $5 billion already appropriated funds that were supposed to be released July 1. Originally posted to Facebook 7/21/25....
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Federal appropriated funds are still being withheld from public school districts. Here’s another way to take action and ask that these funds be restored. Originally posted to Facebook 7/21/25....
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