We first shared this video from a tax credit scholarship expansion hearing almost exactly a year ago. In it, a private school representative acknowledged that they can and sometimes do transition kids out because they aren’t performing academically. We continue to believe that private schools should not receive public tax dollars if they are not required to accept all children and not required to keep the students they accept. The K-12 Education Budget Committee is hearing this year’s version of its big voucher bill (an ESA HB 2550) tomorrow at 3:30. Contact the members of the K-12 Education...
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Legislature Considers Allowing Homeschool Students to Participate in Public School Activities
Contact members of the House K-12 Education Budget Committee and urge them to oppose HB 2511. This bill is sponsored by Rep. Tarwater who appears to have found another way to slight public school students with a bill that would allow homeschool kids to participate on their local public high school teams. They have a hearing at 3:30 today (Monday). We did not submit formal testimony but emailed the following comments to committee members. We’re attaching committee member email addresses and a link to the bill and the hearing livestream in the comments. Here’s our email. I am...
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Do these two parents speak for you? There were the only two parents invited to testify at last week’s bizarre hearing on “Critical Pedagogy.” We’re still trying to come up with our own response, but here’s a summary from The Kansas Reflector. The voucher bill this hearing was designed to justify has a hearing in the House K-12 Education Budget Committee on Tuesday. Please pay attention. “Lawmakers in the Kansas House began laying the groundwork last week for redirecting taxpayer money from public to private schools by holding a two-hour hearing on complaints two parents have with diversity...
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We’re seeing a false accusation that parents don’t have access to what their children are being taught, and teachers lack transparency. Parents have more access to teachers and classroom material than they’ve ever had. The screenshots below are from one parent’s parent access Canvas account. Through these and similar programs, parents can access assignments, syllabi and more. Parents also have the email addresses for their children’s teachers. They can attend back to school nights, parent-teacher conferences, PTA meetings, and site council meetings. They can request meetings with teachers and principals. Their children also bring home their material in...
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