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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Lt. Gov Lynn Rogers Editorial on the Problems with Education Savings Accounts
HB 2119 (education savings account aka neo-voucher) is a very expensive, flawed bill. This piece discusses the significant administrative costs. “To put it lightly, the fiscal note is incredibly worrisome. That’s a lot of funding for administrative costs that would never make it into a classroom benefiting Kansas students.” CJ...
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No comments ESAs are for Special Interest, NOT Kansas Students’ Best Interest
Take a look at the proponents and opponents for HB 2119, the massive Education Savings Account (voucher) bill that passed out of the House K-12 Education Budget Committee last week and will probably head to the floor of the House soon. Are our legislators listening to free-market lobbyists and religious...
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No comments 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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