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Representative introduces 'Protect Public Schools' amendment to let voters decide school choice funding
Summary
Representative Mary Lynn Poskin introduced a constitutional amendment (25RS0433) that would put to voters a question about whether tax dollars should be allowed to fund nonpublic schools, replacing the state Blaine Amendment while maintaining secular public schools.
Representative Mary Lynn Poskin introduced a proposed constitutional amendment to let Kansas voters decide whether public tax dollars may be used to fund nonpublic schools.
Poskin described the measure as a response to anticipated proposals to fund nonpublic schools with public dollars. “Leadership has indicated there will be more attempts to fund non public schools with public dollars in the coming session,” she said, and then introduced the Protect Public Schools Amendment, filed as 25RS0433.
Why it matters: the amendment would change the state constitution and open a statewide vote on whether the current Blaine Amendment language should be replaced. Constitutional amendments require separate approval processes and, if referred to voters, would appear on a ballot question at a later date.
Poskin said the introduced language would “replace the Blaine Amendment and require all public schools to remain secular.” The committee did not take a committee vote on the measure during the meeting and no further action on the filing was recorded in the transcript.
Ending: The bill was introduced to the committee record; no committee vote was recorded at the meeting and members did not debate the text during this session.
