Weekly News

Week 4 Legislative Update: Whose Kids Matter?

Inside this week's update:

• Voucher expansion (HB 2468) passed committee — $58M+ already drained from public schools, and they want more

• Special ed funding stuck at 64.6% of the 92% target — and an amendment to fix it was ruled "not germane" to an education bill

• Senate Ways & Means approved $114.6M in K-12 cuts while writing checks to private schools

• We testified against HB 2588, an electrician licensing bill that would set the standard at half the hours the feds and every surrounding state require

• Construction zone safety (SB 324) passed committee — a win for building trades workers

• Voter suppression bills still stacking up: shorter deadlines, mail-in restrictions, voter roll purges

They're coming at public schools, licensing standards, and the ballot box — all in the same week. We're paying attention. 

Read the full update: https://ksaflcio.org/news/ks-afl-cio-weekly-legislative-update-week-4

Short YouTube version: https://youtube.com/shorts/kskCOToPHq8

Text WORK to 785-329-9637 to join the fight.

Forward to whomever. Have a great weekend.

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Jake Lowen

Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Kansas AFL-CIO

jake@ksaflcio.org | 785.267.0100 | ksaflcio.org

Building Power for Working Families in Kansas