Kansas already opted into the new federal voucher program that expands eligibility to anyone up to 300% of the average income in their area (that’s about half a million dollars in JOCO). It was a bad decision based on bad information. Here’s more on why we continue to oppose this...
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Taxpayer dollars from ESAs used for luxury vacation expenses
ESAs lack sufficient oversight and are an abuse of taxpayer dollars. The examples in Arizona aren’t hypotheticals-they’re actual, documented wasteful expenditures. So why do some Kansas legislators keep pushing them for our state? Don’t they know? Are they just hoping we don’t know? Just say no to ESAs and other...
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No comments February Voucher-palooza
It was voucher-palooza in the Kansas legislature today. The Senate passed the tax credit scholarship, and the House K-12 Education Budget Committee passed the massive Education Savings Account bill. They improved it slightly by removing homeschools from participation and by requiring students to be current public school students rather than...
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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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