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Capitol Update: Rep. Brandon Woodard talks support for LGBTQ equality, marijuana reform, student debt relief Under current law, Kansans can be denied housing or refused business because of who they are or who they love, said State Rep. Brandon Woodard, a Democrat representing District 30. Above, Woodard at the Post s 2020 candidate forum. Each week, we provide Shawnee Mission area legislators the opportunity to share their thoughts about what’s happening in the state capitol. Rep. Brandon Woodard, Rep. Mari-Lynn Poskin and Sen. Pat Pettey are scheduled to send updates this week. Below is the submission from Democratic State Rep. Brandon Woodard who represents District 30. ....
Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector photo by: Associated Press The Kansas senate debates Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 at the statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP) Topeka The Kansas Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would greatly expand a tax credit program for private school scholarships, with Republican legislators batting away several intraparty dissenters and suggested amendments in a lengthy debate. The program that the bill would affect uses tax credits to reimburse donations that fund scholarships for private schools up to a 70% reimbursement of a maximum $500,000 donation. But currently, it only applies to scholarships for students who are eligible for free lunch and attend one of the hundred lowest-performing elementary schools in Kansas. Right now, the program serves about 600 students. ....
KS legislature considers expanding private school scholarship program Katie Bernard, The Kansas City Star Jan. 27 As Kansas public schools grapple with online learning during the pandemic, lawmakers are considering a measure that would help-low income students enroll in private schools, many of which are operating fully in-person. The bill would expand eligibility for the program, which uses tax-credits to fund scholarships for students from poor families. It was considered Tuesday by committees in the state House and Senate. Representatives of Catholic schools and education organizations argued that the plan would provide more fair and equitable treatment of Kansas students by allowing low-income students more latitude to voluntarily leave the public school system if they chose to. ....
Bill would help low income students attend private schools Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Wednesday, January 27, 2021 TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas lawmakers are considering a proposal to expand a program that uses tax credits to help low-income students attend private schools. Supporters of the bill told House and Senate committees Tuesday the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the disparity between private schools, which are mostly operating with in-person classes, and public schools, which are offering online or hybrid education, The Wichita Eagle reported. “The haves were able to put their kids in a full time school where they could afford to pay for it, the have nots were stuck,” said Rep. Brenda Landwehr, a Wichita Republican. ....
A new year, a new session, a lot of new lawmakers, but also new leadership in the Kansas Senate. It’s a leadership team that was setting records even before the session began. ....