You can watch and/or listen to the House K-12 Education Budget Committee meeting. After getting an update on CARES Act funding, the House K-12 Education Budget Committee had a hearing on HB 2119, an expansive Education Savings Account bill we oppose. We testified against the bill. Watch the Hearing: Or listen to the audio here: http://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00287/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20210208/-1/10541?fbclid=IwAR0omQEvvDU0x784A5FB38irdy8yAT1xT8O3B6et71FFq7L6YQUTqV1xhZ4 Our full, written testimony can be downloaded: Originally posted to Facebook 2/8/2021....
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Forbes Article Explains the Problems with Education Savings Accounts.
The Kansas House K-12 Education Budget Committee will hold a hearing on HB2119, an ESA bill soon. We strongly oppose this bill. Here’s a good explanation we found in Forbes magazine of some of the issues. “Parents are expected to navigate this unregulated marketplace on their own. ESA bills and laws talk a lot about parent empowerment, but have little to say about providing parents safeguards against fraud and incompetence. Nor are there protections in place for students whose parents fail to exercise good judgment. And the unbundled approach to education contains many unknowns; what, for instance, happens...
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Florida’s Voucher Programs are Not a Model We Want in Kansas Our concerns about unregulated tax credit scholarship and education savings account programs and their growth are not hypothetical. See how it’s going in Florida in this video produced by the Orlando Sentinel. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/94895499-132.html Originally posted to Facebook 2/8/2021....
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Leave a Comment House K-12 Education Budget Committee Rejects Amendments That Would Add Accountability Measures
The Kansas House K-12 Education Budget committee rejected proposals meant to strengthen the accountability and inclusivity of the tax credit scholarship program. KASB’s Scott Rothschild tweeted about if from the meeting. Text from his Twitter thread is below. From KASB’s Scott Rothschild on Twitter: “Last week, H K-12 recommended approval of HB 2068, which greatly expands a program of tax credits to send students to private schools. All amendments were rejected. One amendment would have required schools benefiting from tax credits to not discriminate in admission, retention or expulsion of a qualified student on basis of race, color,...
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