From KASB (we didn’t see this bill come up): “Senate Assessment and Taxation approves low income scholarship expansion The Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee approved a bill to expand the state’s new tax credit program for private school scholarship Tuesday immediately after a hearing Tuesday. “SB 270 is essentially like the clean-up bill passed by the House Education Committee, HB 2174, regarding the low income scholarship program initially passed last session in HB 2506. (The scholarship program language starts at Section 55.) There is one major exception, however. Under the House bill, students receiving a scholarship must be...
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Eagle: block grant bill model of poor lawmaking
“Crafted out of sight. Unveiled to allow Kansas’ 286 school districts just part of one workday and a weekend to try to understand its potential impact before hearings began. “Handled by the money committees rather than the education panels in each chamber. Hurriedly approved by the House Appropriations Committee, which valued the endorsements of a very few anti-tax special-interest groups over the outcry of hundreds of people who actually spend time in Kansas schools. “Engineered so that it could only be amended and fully debated in one chamber and have an up-or-down vote in the other. Altered to...
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Leave a Comment Rep. Bollier and teacher Rivers discuss public education on KCUR
Here’s an informative radio spot. Listen to Rep. Bollier and teacher Erin Rivers discuss issues facing public education. http://kcur.org/podcasts/68154/rss.xml...
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Leave a Comment House Elections Committee seeks to move local elections to fall of even years
On March 16 the House Elections committee approved a bill that would move local elections, including school board elections, to the fall of EVEN years which would put them in the same election cycle as state and federal elections. How much attention do you think your school board elections will receive under that scenario? Read more here: http://www.kasb.org/wcm/_NB/15/NB0317a.aspx...
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