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A judge has ruled North Carolina’s $10 million Opportunity Scholarships unconstitutional. You may recall the harmful education bill passed at the end of the 2014 session in Kansas included a $10 million tax credit scholarship program. The Kansas legislation doesn’t provide a direct payment from the State General Fund but instead takes the money out as a tax credit, a distinction that may matter from a legal standpoint. However, the judge’s criticisms of the program reflect concerns we have about the Kansas program as well. “’The General Assembly fails the children of North Carolina when they are sent...

We expect to see continued efforts to change charter school law in Kansas in the next legislative session. Kansans beware. “Over the last decade, the charter school movement has morphed from a small, community-based effort to foster alternative education into a national push to privatize public schools, pushed by free-market foundations and big education-management companies. This transformation opened the door to profit-seekers looking for a way to cash in on public funds.” Read more here: http://truth-out.org/news/item/25692-the-con-artistry-of-charter-schools...