ACTION ALERT: Please email the conference committee as well. Ty.Masterson@senate.ks.gov, Jim.Denning@senate.ks.gov, Anthony.Hensley@senate.ks.gov, gene.suellentrop@house.ks.gov, marvin.kleeb@house.ks.gov, jerry.henry@house.ks.gov. And here’s another summary of where we are right now: http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/04/4937902/kansas-house-passes-school-equity.html...
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ACTION ALERT: Contact legislators re: House and Senate education finance bills
ACTION ALERT: The House and Senate education finance bills are in conference committee THIS MORNING. Whatever emerges from the conference committee will go to the floors of the House and Senate for up or down votes, with no amendments. If the bill fails, it goes back to the committee for amending there. Let your legislator know you feel the House bill is already a compromise, and you do not support the inclusion of tax credit scholarships for private schools and property tax deductions for people who homeschool or send their children to private school (which further diminishes the...
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Leave a Comment Vote Counts: House education finance bill nays
Voting no on the House education finance bill on final action last night: Nays: Bradford, Curtis, DeGraaf, Dove, Edmonds, Edwards, Esau, Garber, Grosserode, Hawkins, Hedke, Henderson, Henry, Highland, Hildabrand, Howell, Jones, Kahrs, Kelley, Kiegerl, Kinzer, McPherson, Meigs, O’Brien, Osterman, Peck, Rhoades, Rothlisberg, Rubin, Sutton, Winn. Absent or not voting: Read, Schwartz, Thimesch. We need to be contacting legislators today. “Some conservative lawmakers, such as Rep. Pete DeGraaf, R-Mulvane, said the House bill spends too much money and does not accomplish needed policy reforms. ‘I think it’s a clear indicator that conservatives in the House do not like this...
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Leave a Comment Vote Counts: House education finance bill yeas
The vote count on the final House education finance bill was: Yeas 91; Nays 31; Absent or not voting: 3. Voting in favor of the bill: Alcala, Alford, Anthimides, Ballard, Barker, Becker, Boldra, Bollier, Bridges, Bruchman, Brunk, Burroughs, Couture-Lovelady, Campbell, Carlin, Carlson, Carmichael, Carpenter, Cassidy, Christmann, Claeys, Clayton, Concannon, Corbet, Crum, E. Davis, P. Davis, Dierks, Doll, Estes, Ewy, Finch, Finney, Frownfelter, Gandhi, Goico, Gonzalez, Hibbard, Hill, Hineman, Hoffman, Houser, Houston, Huebert, Hutton, Jennings, Johnson, Kelly, Kleeb, Kuether, Lane, Lunn, Lusk, Lusker, Macheers, Mason, Mast, Meier, Menghini, Merrick, Moxley, Pauls, Perry, Petty, Phillips, Powell, Proehl, Rooker, Ruiz, Ryckman Jr.,...
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