Senate advances voucher scheme to give private schools permission to recruit the best students and athletes out of neighborhood public schools On a vote of 23 to 14, the Kansas Senate has approved Senate Bill 61, a bill...
Read MoreMore Vouchers in House K-12 Education Budget Committee The latest voucher proposal to get a hearing in Rep. Kristey Williams’ committee is HB 2119, a bill designed to move as many students out of public schools as quickly...
Read MoreSenate Education Committee votes to send voucher bill to full Senate The Senate Education Committee rejected all attempts to amend Senate Bill 61, the expansion of the state’s tuition tax credit/voucher program, and sent...
Read MoreLots of cancellations We started the week with the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday and then had to deal with the threat of possible inauguration violence in light of the events of January 6 and subsequent warnings from the FBI....
Read MoreGov. Laura Kelly’s new budget proposal fully funds the school finance act passed by the Kansas Legislature and approved by the Kansas Supreme Court as constitutional. Education organizations across the state strongly support...
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