It was voucher-palooza in the Kansas legislature today. The Senate passed the tax credit scholarship, and the House K-12 Education Budget Committee passed the massive Education Savings Account bill. They improved it slightly by removing homeschools from participation and by requiring students to be current public school students rather than those already attending private schools. But the bill is still a neo-voucher and has no cap and does nothing to impose standards on the private schools receiving the funds. Representatives Byers, Hoye, Ousley and Winn opposed the bill and had their votes recorded. Representatives Williams, Estes, Hoffman, Jacobs...
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Senate Passes Neo-voucher/Tax Credit Scholarship Bill SB 61
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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Leave a Comment 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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