Pursue greater school choice opportunities in Kansas.

Derek Schmidt · Kansas · Republican

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Evidence

The Kansas City Star reported that Schmidt "has pledged to pursue greater school choice opportunities" as part of his 2022 Kansas governor campaign.

This establishes the campaign promise itself: he publicly committed to expanding school choice opportunities in Kansas.

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Gov. Kelly, AG Schmidt spar on future for education in Kansas | Kansas City Star
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Schmidt's official House biography says he has represented Kansas's 2nd Congressional District since January 3, 2025, and describes his work in Congress rather than any Kansas state executive role.

He is serving in federal office, not the Kansas governorship or another Kansas executive post that could directly deliver the campaign promise about Kansas school choice.

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About | Representative Derek Schmidt
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Kansas law already established a tax-credit scholarship program giving eligible students an opportunity to attend schools of their parents' choice; the statute was in force before and after Schmidt's 2022 campaign.

The state already had a school-choice mechanism in law, but this record does not show Schmidt enacted a new expansion or directly advanced the promise after making it.

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Kansas Statute 72-4353 - Tax credit for low income students scholarship program
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The homepage lists Derek Schmidt as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd District and shows his current news items focus on federal legislation and constituent services, not Kansas state executive action on school choice.

As of the lookback window, Schmidt is serving in Congress, and the official site shows no new Kansas school-choice action tied to him.

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Representative Derek Schmidt |
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Schmidt's official biography says he has represented Kansas's Second Congressional District since January 3, 2025, and describes his current work in Congress rather than any Kansas executive role.

This supports that he is not in a Kansas governorship or comparable office that could directly deliver the 2022 campaign pledge to expand school choice in Kansas.

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About | Representative Derek Schmidt
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Assessments

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Schmidt made the promise during his 2022 Kansas governor campaign, but he did not win that office and the evidence does not show that he later used a relevant Kansas state office to enact, sponsor, or materially advance expanded school-choice opportunities in Kansas. Kansas already had a tax-credit scholarship program, but it predated the campaign promise and is not evidence of delivery by Schmidt. His later federal House service is outside the state executive context of the pledge and the record shows no school-choice action tied to him that delivered the Kansas outcome.

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Schmidt made the school-choice pledge during his 2022 Kansas governor campaign, but the evidence does not show that he later held a Kansas executive office or enacted/secured an expansion of school choice opportunities in Kansas. Kansas already had a tax-credit scholarship program, but preexisting policy does not satisfy a promise to pursue greater opportunities after the campaign. No serious post-promise legislative or executive attempt tied to Schmidt is shown in the record.

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