KANSAS HOUSE DISTRICT 26
NOT ENDORSED BY STAND UP BLUE VALLEY
NOT ENDORSED
REP. ADAM THOMAS (R)
Jan. 14, 2019 - Present
HOUSE COMMITTEES:
Education
K-12 Education Budget
Federal and State Affairs
Rep. Adam Thomas’s voting record on 2019 legislative session votes significant to Blue Valley Schools
SB 22 - A tax break for corporations that would take needed funding from our schools
A NO vote on SB 22 is good for Blue Valley Schools.
Thomas voted YES and AGAINST Blue Valley Schools.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/2SfRqOR
H Sub SB 16 - Appropriations for FY 2019, 2020, 2021 for Kansas public schools. SB 16 started in the Senate then the House K-12 Education Budget Committee, under anti-public education leadership, piled on bad policy.
A NO vote on H Sub SB 16 is good for Blue Valley Schools.
Thomas voted YES and AGAINST Blue Valley Schools.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/2UzHa71
CCR H Sub SB 16 - Adds inflation adjustment to school funding as ordered by the Kansas Supreme Court.
A YES vote is good for Blue Valley Schools.
Thomas voted NO and AGAINST Blue Valley Schools.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/3b6Ug1c
LARRY CAMPBELL (R) STEPPED DOWN AS THE
DISTRICT 26 REPRESENTATIVE IN 2018.
Adam Thomas was elected in 2018 despite
a pending charge of election perjury.
LARRY CAMPBELL'S VOTING RECORD ON
KEY BILLS CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION
HB 2117
The 2012 tax policy change that started Kansas on the path to zero income taxes and completely exempted 330,000 business owners.
Vote took place before Campbell took office.
HB 2109
The 2015 Expansion of voucher-like Tax Credit 'Scholarship' Program, directing public tax credit dollars to private, parochial schools.
Campbell abstained, did not vote.
HB 2506
The 2014 budget bill, which coerced votes for education policy riders (Elimination of Teacher Due Process, Tax Credit 'voucher' Scholarship Program, Elimination of Teacher Licensure requirements).
SB 7
The 2015 Block Grants, repealed the 20 year old school finance formula and replaced it with a funding freeze through June 2017, at 2014 levels.
Campbell voted yea & AGAINST public schools.
Vote took place before Campbell took office.
HB 2019
The 2014 judicial bill that repealed merit based system for electing judges to Court of Appeals to partisan appointment by the Governor.
Campbell voted yea & AGAINST public schools.
HB 2104 / SB 171
The 2015 move of local municipal elections to the fall, partisan cycle, and interrupting school board terms.
Campbell voted nay & FOR public schools.
Hs Sub for SB 161
The 2016-17 adjusted budget bill that continues to borrow and sweep, without addressing the underlying revenue shortfall and associated tax policy.
Campbell voted yea & AGAINST public schools.
SB 56
Repeal of teachers affirmative defense, opening them up to criminal prosecution.
SB 270
The 'revenue' portion of 2015 budget, which preserved the income tax exemptions and rate reductions, while passing the largest regressive tax increase in KS history (food, sales).
Campbell abstained, did not vote.
H Sub SB 4
The 2015 mid-year rescission / budget cuts, across the board 4% budget reductions.
Campbell voted nay & FOR public schools.
HB 2457
The current bill to expand the Tax Credit Scholarship Program even more, with weakened targets for students living in poverty and near unlimited program budget cap.
BILL IS DEAD.
HB 2696 (2292)
Ban the current K12 Curriculum Standards, aka Kansas College and Career Ready Standards and the Common Core.