Today’s House K-12 Education Budget Committee meeting promises to be interesting. Watch on YouTube here: They’re starting by amending HB 2068 (tax credit scholarship bill) into HB 2119 (even worse ESA bill). Originally posted to Facebook 2/25/2021....
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Call to Action! – Voucher Alert!
If you have not contacted your state Representative, please do so! HB 2068 (tax credit scholarship expansion) and HB 2119 (Education Savings Account) are both voucher bills that could be on the House floor any day now. These bills and others being introduced in committees represent the strongest attack on...
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No comments Private Schools Admit They Don’t Keep All Kids
We oppose private schools receiving public tax dollars so long as they are not required to accept all children and they are not required to keep the students they accept. In this video from a hearing on the tax credit scholarship expansion bill, Michael Wescott, Director of Development Catholic Diocese...
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No comments Op-Ed Says We Should Be Celebrating Our Public Schools, Not Undercutting Them
An Op-Ed in the Kansas Reflector by Liz Meitl asks why the Legislature is advancing neovoucher schemes at this time. What would seem reasonable, then, would be for Kansas’ elected leaders to take this moment to celebrate the amazing, inspiring work of educators, and to help us support our students...
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