On February 19th, the Senate narrowly passed SB 47-the make it easier to harass and market an alternate school board organization to school board members and make it easier for minority board members to hijack the agenda bill. We submitted written testimony in opposition to this bill. Please thank the Senators who opposed this bill. Are the Senators who passed this bill “representing” you? Originally posted to Facebook on 2/20/2025....
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Upcoming KIFA Conversations
Join us for a KIFA conversation on protecting public education on February 27th at 7 pm. As we face continued efforts to expand vouchers and to restrict special education funding and more, it’s important to be informed and to learn how you can help protect our public schools and the children they serve. Originally posted to Facebook on 2/20/2025....
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Leave a Comment SB 87 Roll Call Vote
The final tally was 24-16, so 3 votes shy of an override of a potential veto on this round. Please thank those who voted against SB 87. Are those who voted for it “representing” you? Originally posted to Facebook on 2/19/2025....
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Leave a Comment SB 87 Tax Credit Scholarship Update
The Senate passed ANOTHER expansion of the tax credit “scholarship” program on Wednesday, February 19th, and while it was falsely claimed that opponents didn’t talk about students, they soundly rejected proposed amendments that would increase transparency and oversight over the program or ensure that the low-income students that were originally the justification for this program actually have the ability to use it. There hasn’t even been an amendment to reduce the SCHOOL choice that is a feature not a bug for its proponents. We’ve shared this before, but this is an image of an actual application from a...
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