There’s a bad tax credit/voucher-type bill being heard in the Senate Tax Committee on Wednesday. If you’d like to submit testimony, you still can do so by 9:30 tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. We have learned that the committee assistant will make the required 20 hard copies. You can designate your testimony...
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Advocacy group starts petition, seeks testimony asking Kansas lawmakers to oppose summer EBT ban
Would you be willing to testify on a bill that targets hungry kids? Comment or message us. Read more from our friends at Kansas Action for Children. “Under HB 2674, Kansas would be prohibited from participating in the new, permanent Summer EBT program. The federal program would provide just $120...
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We testified in the K-12 Education Budget Committee hearing yesterday on a bill (HB 2594) to create a new task force to study education funding in preparation for the sunset of the current formula in 2027 and to abolish the current special education task force. We and other conferees opposed...
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No comments Advocates refute calls for “an end to Social Emotional Learning” at state BOE meeting
In late September, the Kansas Republican Party passed a resolution calling for an end to Social Emotional Learning (SEL). We heard that multiple people were planning to offer public comments at today’s State Board of Education meeting in Topeka, so our own Judith Deedy spoke to encourage the board to...
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