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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House K-12 Education Budget Teeing Up Another Voucher Bill
This one-sided informational hearing was specifically designed to tee up today’s hearing on HB2119 an Education Savings Account neovoucher bill with no cap, and no meaningful standards, requirements or accountability for private schools receiving public tax dollars. Originally posted to Facebook 2/8/2021....
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Voucher Bills Moving Through KS Legislature CONTACT SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES TO OPPOSE EXPANSION OF TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIPS. SB61 and HB2068 are identical bills that have passed out of committee and could be heard on the floor at any time. Contact your Senator and your Representative and urge them to vote NO on SB61 (Senate version) and HB2068 (House version). We oppose this bill because it moves further from the tax credit scholarship program’s original premise that it was to help at-risk kids escape “failing” schools. This bill expands eligible students to include those who qualify for reduced-price lunch...
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Some ask why we oppose expansions of Kansas tax credit scholarships and other voucher/neo-voucher bills. Among the reasons is that we have been watching other states for over a decade and once these programs start they get expanded again and again, taking money from public schools despite the data showing that they generally don’t lead to improved outcomes for the students in the programs and often lead to academic losses. Here’s yet another example. From the Fort Wayne Newspapers – Voucher expansion Bill Proposed https://mynewsonthego.com/fortwayne/reader/story.aspx?id=8fcb6b42-a0b1-49e0-9270-8698ac91bd76&fbclid=IwAR2HSr-pGGLfjqlJyA7KUi2mHWc1dzt1yzwQ8z0r2DozRq7GQD-98x__ZQs Originally posted to Facebook 1/31/2021....
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