A neighborhood state lawmaker is worried about a number of payments which he calls “one other assault on public schooling.”
Rep. Mark Schreiber, R-Emporia, summarized them in an electronic mail to constituents Sunday. They vary from a proposed voucher program for personal colleges to a loosened switch coverage and a advantage pay program.
They “will rob our communities of native management,” Schreiber wrote. He added the advantage pay proposal was “wrought with inequities.”
Most of the concepts come from fellow Republicans.
Schreiber additionally defined his help for a proposed constitutional modification permitting the Kansas Legislature to veto guidelines set by state companies.
“Sometimes, these guidelines and laws don’t align with the intent of the Legislature,” Schreiber stated.
He added a “Legislative Veto” must be “used sparingly… to forestall political whims from upending the regulation of sure areas of our state.”
One huge problem within the second half of the legislative session would be the state gross sales tax on meals. Gov. Laura Kelly needs it eliminated fully. Schreiber stated a Home Republican invoice would reduce it in nearly half, whereas slicing gross sales taxes in different areas.
“What can we afford to do whereas nonetheless sustaining a secure tax setting?” Schreiber requested. He invited the general public to supply concepts to him.
That might occur on the subsequent native legislative discussion board, sponsored by the Emporia Chamber of Commerce and League of Girls Voters. Schreiber stated it’ll happen Saturday, March 19 at Flint Hills Technical School.