Education for Individual Liberty and Freedom:
Parents’ fundamental authority to direct the care and upbringing of their child shall not be infringed.
“School Choice”:
ONLY the “choice” as to where EVERY child receives his GOVERNMENT education.
Let’s take a look at just one bill that organizations that tout “limited government” and “personal liberty” are pushing through the 2022 Kansas legislature.
Substitute for House Bill 2615
THIRTY pages long. Does that appear to be immediately indicative of “limited government?”
New Sections 1 through 17 (10 pages long!) is titled the student “empowerment” act.
Parents and schools making the “choice” to participate are treated to:
1. INDIVIDUAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS on EACH child.
The government directly attached to EACH child.
GROWS GOVERNMENT administrative functions.
DIRECTLY ties GOVERNMENT MONEY to EACH child.
Are we not presently experiencing how government funding is being used to mandate injections?
2. The GOVERNMENT defining student eligibility requirements.
3. The GOVERNMENT defining qualifying schools.
KANSAS TAXPAYER MONIES funding non-Kansas education?
KANSAS Taxpayers funding national/regional accredited education.
REDUCED Kansas Taxpayer REPRESENTATION.
4. The PARENTAL placement of EACH child under the GOVERNMENT IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.)
5. The GOVERNMENT defining “allowable” uses of monies.
Any “un-allowable” uses of monies may result in loss of student eligibility.
Parents must repay any expenditures deemed to be non-allowable.
Schools must return any unused monies to the GOVERNMENT.
6. The GOVERNMENT defining “responsibilities of a parent.”
7. GOVERNMENT process to appeal decisions.
Wait! What?!
Parents are not just given government money for their child’s education?
Parents are not just given government money to “choose” how to educate their child?
Does the government money “following the child” really mean that the parents just get to choose which government approved/controlled school that their child may attend?
8. The GOVERNMENT deciding whether EACH child is “eligible” from year to year.
9. The PARENT signing a WRITTEN AGREEMENT (contract?) with the GOVERNMENT.
10. PARENTS and SCHOOLS reporting information to the GOVERNMENT.
The GOVERNMENT will conduct AUDITS of the accounts, thereby auditing PARENTS AND SCHOOLS.
The GOVERNMENT will conduct annual random audits of the qualifying PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL may be notified of any MISUSE OF MONIES by a qualifying PRIVATE SCHOOL.
11. Being included in ANNUAL GOVERNMENT REPORTING that includes the NAMES OF STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS.
New Sections 19 through 26 (10 pages long!) requires school districts to establish policies to accept students from outside the school district.
These sections establish “open enrollment” in Kansas.
School districts are MANDATED to establish policies to actively accept students residing outside the school district.
Residents of local school districts vote on bond and other taxes for school districts.
Residents of local school districts remit taxes for the support of their local district schools.
Residents of local school districts vote for local school board members.
This bill ELIMINATES LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
Local taxpayer moneys will be required to financially support students who do not reside in the school district.
Local school boards will not reflect the students who attend the schools.
This bill ABOLISHES local school districts and LOCAL REPRESENTATION connected to local taxes.
Kansans Against Common Core 