KANSAS HOUSE DISTRICT 29
Rep. Parker is endorsed by
REP. BRETT PARKER (D)
Jan 9, 2017 - Present
Ranking Minority Member - Elections
Strong Public School Advocate
Favors Real Revenue Reform
Committed to Accountability & Transparency
Local Control
HOUSE COMMITTEES:
Joint Committee on Pensions, Investments, and Benefits
Appropriations
Calendar and Printing
Higher Education Budget
Rep. Brett Parker'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.
Parker voted NO and FOR 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.
Parker voted NO and FOR 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.
Parker voted YES and FOR Blue Valley Schools.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/3b6Ug1c
BLUE VALLEY SCHOOLS
Blue Valley Northwest*
Blue Valley North*
Oxford Middle*
Overland Trail Middle*
Indian Valley Elementary
Valley Park Elementary*
Overland Trail Elementary*
*physical school buildings outside House 16 boundaries
BRETT PARKER DEFEATED ANTI-PUBLIC EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVE, JAMES TODD, IN 2016.
James Todd IS A REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE KANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, REPRESENTING DISTRICT 29. HE WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE CHAMBER IN 2012.
VOTERS REPLACED JAMES TODD IN THE 2016 GENERAL ELECTION WITH PRO-PUBLIC EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVE, BRETT PARKER.
JAMES TODD'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 Todd was in office.
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).
Todd voted yea & AGAINST public schools.
HB 2019
The 2014 judicial bill that repealed merit based system for electing judges to Court of Appeals to partisan appointment by the Governor.
Todd 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.
Todd voted yea & AGAINST 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.
Todd voted yea & AGAINST public schools.
SB 56
Repeal of teachers affirmative defense, opening them up to criminal prosecution.
HB 2109
The 2015 Expansion of voucher-like Tax Credit 'Scholarship' Program, directing public tax credit dollars to private, parochial schools.
Todd voted yea & AGAINST public schools.
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.
Todd voted yea & AGAINST public schools.
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).
Todd voted yea & AGAINST public schools.
H Sub SB 4
The 2015 mid-year rescission / budget cuts, across the board 4% budget reductions.
Todd voted yea & AGAINST 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.