SB 361

SB 361 opts Kansas into a federal tax credit program that subsidizes private school scholarships, diverting students — and the per-pupil funding that follows them — away from public schools where thousands of union members work as teachers, paraprofessionals, bus drivers, and support staff. The bill also permanently bars any state agency from setting worker protections or accountability standards stronger than the federal minimum for participating private schools. Labor urged legislators to sustain the Governor's veto and protect public school funding and the workers who depend on it.