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USA Today Article: “Trump’s ‘education freedom’ plan is an attack on public schools. That’s un-American”

Public schools are not “government schools,” state and federally-subsidized school choice and tax credit scholarships are not solutions to the challenges our students face, and Florida is no model for Kansas education. “Education freedom means something much narrower: exiting public school with the assistance of state and federal dollars. The education quality students receive after they exit, the segregation it might produce, and the exclusion and discrimination students might face are not matters the administration is worried about. “Its tax schemes are just as antithetical to public education. Florida is supposed to be the model. When the Florida...
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Support Candidates that Support Public Education

Most candidates say they support public education when running for office, but they don’t all vote that way. Make sure you know the difference in August and November. We post bill explanations and vote counts on important bills as well as rosters to help identify who really is a public education supporter. Originally posted to Facebook 3/2/2020....
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ACTION ALERT: Contact your Legislator about the Tax Credit Scholarship Expansion Shenanigans

It’s go time! Several voucher-type bills have been passed out of the K-12 Education Budget Committee or have been blessed or moved to non-exempt committees to keep them alive past the turnaround deadline, so we may have more action alerts in the coming days and weeks. For today, we are asking you to contact your Representative in the House and ask them to vote NO on the expansion of the tax credit scholarship program in HB 2465. We don’t know when this bill may be heard, so please send your emails today if possible. For more information on...
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