The interim education committee meetings made clear that ESAs, with Arizona’s program as a model, will be coming back to the Kansas legislature in 2024. Watch this video to see why this is a terrible idea and why we will ask legislators why they’re ignoring the obvious problems with these...
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Florida school vouchers dysfunctional by design
“Multiple key legislators WANT TO BRING THIS TO KANSAS and they refuse to put provisions into bills that would prevent this kind of abuse even though we keep pointing out stories like this one. The inescapable conclusion is that the abuse is a feature, not a bug. For what feels...
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No comments Kansas Lawmakers Disparage Public Education to Home-schoolers
Senators Molly Baumgardner and Beverly Gossage and Representatives Chris Croft and Rebecca Schmoe gave disparaging comments about public schools and promoted homeschooling and preventing any oversight of homeschools at a recent event which the Kansas City Star addressed. We’d also like to know if any of them have seen “Shiny...
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No comments Abundant evidence indicates Kansans should keep saying no to ESA programs
“Studies indicate that after traditional voucher expansions, the private school market floods with new pop-up providers. That’s exactly what is happening with the ESA-style expansions in Arizona now. Many new schools are nearly or entirely funded by the ESA payments—just as the average private school in older voucher programs was....
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