Location
Dr. Katie Allen: Vouchers: Public Tax Dollars for Private Education
WHAT: PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING ON SCHOOL CHOICE IN KANSAS
WHERE: MANHATTAN PUBLIC LIBRARY MAIN AUDITORIUM, 629 POYNTZ AVENUE
(Also available on Zoom. Please register here. Thank you.)
WHEN: 6:30 PM TUESDAY, APRIL 11th, 2023
WHO: DR. KATIE ALLEN
SPONSORED BY: League of Women Voters of Manhattan-Riley County & American Association of University Women, Manhattan Branch
Dr. Allen is an education consultant who provides technical assistance to state a
nd local education agencies to improve student outcomes. She earned her PhD from Kansas State University in 2019; her dissertation examined the marketization of state-level education policies, including the influence of special interest groups on the movement toward school choice.
Dr. Allen will describe the school choice policy movement in Kansas, providing an overview of Kansas’ tax credit scholarships program and education savings accounts. Implications for the future of public education in Kansas will be discussed.
Special guests will include Leah Fliter, Assistant Executive Director of the Kansas Association of School Boards, and Lauren Tice Miller, Director of Government Relations and Elections of KNEA. There will be a Q & A session at the conclusion of the presentation.
(All LWV informational meetings are free and open to the public. This is a non-partisan event. For more information, please email: lwv.manhattanks [at] gmail.com ())
