We were among the 37 organizations and individuals providing testimony against HB 2550 (an Education Savings Account aka voucher bill) in the House K-12 Education Budget Committee. There were four proponents, the usual suspects – Kansas Policy Institute, Americans for Prosperity, Americans for Prosperity-Kansas and a representative from Ed Choice...
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Private Schools Acknowledge They Can and Do “Transition” Out Low-performing Students
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...
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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...
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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...
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