The Senate passed on emergency final action the tax credit scholarship expansion bill we oppose (23-14). They refused to amend it to require all participating schools to be accredited or to allow other amendments that would have done more to ensure the bill served its purported purpose. Please thank the following for voting against the bill: Senators Corson, Dietrich, Doll, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Hawk, Holland, Holscher, Longbine, McGinn, Pettey, Pittman, Sykes, Ware. The following voted for the bill. Are they representing you? They should hear from constituents, too: Senators Alley, Baumgardner, Bowers, Claeys, Erickson, Fagg, Gossage, Hilderbrand, Kerschen, Kloos,...
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SB 61 – Tax Credit Scholarship Expansion Hearing
It’s not too late to email senators who are hearing SB 61 the tax credit scholarship expansion bill. Urge them to vote NO. Listen in here: http://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/…/20210211/-1/10602… Larry.Alley@senate.ks.gov, Molly.Baumgardner@senate.ks.gov, Rick.Billinger@senate.ks.gov, Elaine.Bowers@senate.ks.gov, JRClaeys@senate.ks.gov, Ethan.Corson@senate.ks.gov, Brenda.Dietrich@senate.ks.gov, John.Doll@senate.ks.gov, Renee.Erickson@senate.ks.gov, Bud.Estes@senate.ks.gov, Michael.Fagg@senate.ks.gov, Oletha.Faust-Goudeau@senate.ks.gov, Marci.Francisco@senate.ks.gov, Beverly.Gossage@senate.ks.gov, David.Haley@senate.ks.gov, Tom.Hawk@senate.ks.gov, Richard.Hilderbrand@senate.ks.gov, Tom.Holland@senate.ks.gov, Cindy.Holscher@senate.ks.gov, Dan.Kerschen@senate.ks.gov, Rick.Kloos@senate.ks.gov, Jeff.Longbine@senate.ks.gov, Ty.Masterson@senate.ks.gov, Carolyn.McGinn@senate.ks.gov, Rob.Olson@senate.ks.gov, Kristen.O’Shea@senate.ks.gov, Virgil.Peck@senate.ks.gov, Mike.Petersen@senate.ks.gov, Pat.Pettey@senate.ks.gov, Jeff.Pittman@senate.ks.gov, Dennis.Pyle@senate.ks.gov, Mark.Steffen@senate.ks.gov, Alicia.Straub@senate.ks.gov,Gene.Suellentrop@senate.ks.gov, Dinah.Sykes@senate.ks.gov, Mike.Thompson@senate.ks.gov, Caryn.Tyson@senate.ks.gov, Mary.Ware@senate.ks.gov, Kellie.Warren@senate.ks.gov, Richard.Wilborn@senate.ks.gov Reasons to vote no: the bill expands further beyond at-risk students, the bill removes the requirement students come from one of the 100 lowest-performing schools, the program still does not require participating...
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Leave a Comment Op-Ed Explains Latest Effort to Privatize Education in Kansas
Also….ACTION ALERT! SB 61 (tax credit scholarship expansion) will be on the Senate floor at 2:30 TODAY! Urge your senator to vote NO. “Yet if the rationale for Kansas vouchers is to improve educational outcomes for at-risk youth, then wouldn’t we expect these bills to serve students who are actually at-risk? Wouldn’t we expect the Legislature to ensure that private schools and home school parents who receive public dollars are held accountable for students’ progress and use of funds?We should, and one problem with these bills is that they have no meaningful oversight or way to ensure accountability.”...
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Encourage your Senator to Vote No on SB 61. Kansas senators are hearing from Kansas Policy Institute. Are they hearing from you? Urge them to vote NO on SB61 tax credit scholarship bill expansion which may be on the Senate floor TOMORROW (THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11). If you don’t know who your senator is, you can input your address here: https://openstates.org/ks/legislators/. Reasons to vote no: the bill expands further beyond at-risk students, the bill removes the requirement students come from one of the 100 lowest-performing schools, the program still does not require participating schools to be accredited by the...
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