SB 361

This bill opts Kansas into a federal tax credit program that subsidizes private school scholarships, diverting students — and the public funding that follows them — away from public schools. Public K-12 is the most heavily unionized sector in Kansas, employing thousands of AFL-CIO members as teachers, paraprofessionals, bus drivers, and support staff whose jobs depend on enrollment-driven funding. The bill also permanently bars any state agency from setting worker protections or accountability standards stricter than the federal minimum for participating private schools.