Page 2 - Student Empowerment Program News Today

Kansas lawmakers close to passing school choice measure JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer April 8, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Wednesday, March 31, 2021, file photo, students wait to enter Wyandotte County High School in Kansas City, Kan., on the first day of in-person learning. Conservative GOP lawmakers in Kansas are pushing a proposal to allow parents to use state dollars to pay for private schooling for children who are struggling in public schools.Charlie Riedel/AP TOPEKA, Kan....

Funds for Kansas schools tied to GOP rights choice plan JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer April 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5FILE - In this Wednesday, March 31, 2021, file photo, students wait to enter Wyandotte County High School in Kansas City, Kan., on the first day of in-person learning. Conservative GOP lawmakers in Kansas are pushing a proposal to allow parents to use state dollars to pay for private schooling for children who are struggling in public schools.Charlie Ried...

John Hanna, Associated Press photo by: John Hanna/AP Photo Kansas state Sens. Molly Baumgardner, left, R-Louisburg, and Renee Erickson, right, R-Wichita, confer with Rep. Kristey Williams, center, R-Augusta, after a session of negotiations on education policy, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka. TOPEKA — Conservative Republican lawmakers on Wednesday tied funding for Kansas’ public schools to a proposal that would allow parents of academically struggling students to use st...