Once private schools start receiving public subsidies via tax-credit scholarships, education savings accounts, or other neo-vouchers, they should have to follow the same rules as public schools. We shared a video clip last week of a gentleman explaining that private schools he works with “transition” students to other schools. Today...
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Call to Action! – Voucher Alert!
If you have not contacted your state Representative, please do so! HB 2068 (tax credit scholarship expansion) and HB 2119 (Education Savings Account) are both voucher bills that could be on the House floor any day now. These bills and others being introduced in committees represent the strongest attack on...
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No comments Yet Another Article on Why Vouchers are a Bad Idea
Some ask why we oppose expansions of Kansas tax credit scholarships and other voucher/neo-voucher bills. Among the reasons is that we have been watching other states for over a decade and once these programs start they get expanded again and again, taking money from public schools despite the data showing...
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No comments How Iowa Pushes Back on Vouchers
Some Iowans have found a clever way to illustrate the fact that Iowa voucher bills don’t include academic standards for schools getting voucher funds. The Kansas tax credit scholarships and the bills to expand them lack standards and accountability provisions and HB 2119 to be heard next week in the...
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