“Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, questioned why the bill contains provisions that were never vetted in committee hearings in the Senate. He said no amount of cameras would resolve this lack of transparency. ‘At the end of the day, who really wants these policy pieces?’ he asked.” http://www.kansas.com/2014/04/06/3388925/kansas-senate-convenes-sunday.html#storylink=cpy Unfortunately we know the answer: The Kochs, ALEC, AFP, KPI. This is simply bad government. These types of policy matters shouldn’t be raised in a bill designed to address unconstitutional inequity in schools, and they shouldn’t be raised at the last minute, without full hearings on the issues. We’re betting...
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Thank you to 57 Representatives who voted against the education finance bill
Please thank these 57 legislators who voted against the education finance bill in the House: Alcala, Alford, Anthimides, Ballard, Becker, Boldra, Bollier, Bridges, Burroughs, Campbell, Carmichael, Clayton, Concannon, Curtis, P. Davis, Dierks, Doll, Edmonds, Ewy, Finch, Finney, Frownfelter, Gonzalez, Henderson, Henry, Hibbard, Hineman, Jennings, Kelly, Kuether, Lane, Lusk, Lusker, Meier, Menghini, Moxley, Pauls, Perry, Petty, Phillips, Proehl, Rooker, Ruiz, Sawyer, Schroeder, Sloan, Sloop, Swanson, Tietze, Trimmer, Victors, Ward, Weigel, Whipple, Wilson, Winn, Wolfe Moore....
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Leave a Comment Education finance bill with harmful policy passes the House 63-57
In order to pass, this bill had to have at least 63 votes. The following 63 “representatives” voted for the education finance bill in the House. Did they represent you? Barker, Bradford, Bruchman, Brunk, Couture-Lovelady, Carlson, Carpenter, Cassidy, Christmann, Claeys, Corbet, Crum, E. Davis, DeGraaf, Dove, Edwards, Esau, Estes, Gandhi, Garber, Goico, Grosserode, Hawkins, Hedke, Highland, Hildabrand, Hoffman, Houser, Howell, Huebert, Hutton, Johnson, Jones, Kahrs, Kelley, Kiegerl, Kinzer, Kleeb, Lunn, Macheers, Mason, Mast, McPherson, Meigs, Merrick, O’Brien, Osterman, Peck, Powell, Read, Rhoades, Rothlisberg, Rubin, Ryckman Jr., Ryckman Sr., Schwab, Seiwert, Suellentrop, Thimesch, Thompson, Todd, Vickrey, Waymaster. Absent or...
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Leave a Comment Why we oppose the ALEC corporate tax credit scholarship provision
We oppose inclusion of the ALEC corporate tax credit scholarship provision. There was a hearing on this provision in the House Education Committee, where it received insufficient support to move out of the committee. Here’s a portion of our testimony from that hearing (footnotes didn’t copy over but we referred to substantial research): Our concerns regarding this bill are extensive and stem from the explicit preference among some elected officials to turn over a significant portion of the K-12 public school system to private entities. To begin, we are disturbed to see that this is an ALEC (American...
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