There is nothing in the Kansas tax credit “scholarship” program or voucher bills in the Kansas legislature that would keep schools like this from receiving public tax dollars. Some participating schools have very similar requirements to those in this article. “Under the leadership of Bobby Leonard, Bible Tabernacle Church opened a private school called Tabernacle Christian School in 1972. This school receives public tax dollars via the Opportunity Scholarship school voucher program which was created by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2014. “Tabernacle Christian School has received voucher dollars every school year since 2014-15 for a grand...
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Republican representative facing political fallout from vote against flat tax
It is so important to know how legislators are voting and to make sure your friends and neighbors do, too, and to thank legislators for their good votes. We doubt a single legislator has a majority of constituents who would benefit from a flat tax, but defying Americans for Prosperity or the Kansas Chamber on tax or education policy comes at a cost including removal from committee seats and getting money spent on opponents. “House Speaker Dan Hawkins moved Jacobs off the House Federal & State Affairs Committee, which handles some of the biggest social issues addressed in...
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Leave a Comment Parents use state-funded ESAs to purchase Legos
“Another example of abuse of taxpayer funds in Arizona’s ESA, which Rep. Williams and other Kansas legislators say is a model.” Originally posted on Facebook on Feb. 24th, 2024....
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Leave a Comment Kansas ‘Flat Tax Bill’ dead after Governor’s veto is sustained in the House
The attempt to override Governor Kelly’s veto of the flat tax bill failed 81-42. (It takes 84 votes to override.) We oppose the flat tax bill because it is too large of a tax cut with too much of the benefit going to the wealthiest Kansans. The average Kansan would have received 75 cents per year in tax benefit from the flat tax. Please thank those who resisted pressure to override the veto and ask whether those who voted for this plan, including Democrat Rep. Robinson of KCK, are representing you. Please thank the following Representatives for voting...
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