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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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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No comments Orlando Sentinel Video Identifies Issues with Florida’s Voucher and Scholarship Programs
Florida’s Voucher Programs are Not a Model We Want in Kansas Our concerns about unregulated tax credit scholarship and education savings account programs and their growth are not hypothetical. See how it’s going in Florida in this video produced by the Orlando Sentinel. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/94895499-132.html Originally posted to Facebook 2/8/2021....
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