SMAC PTA Shawnee Mission Area Council Legislative Session 2013 ACTION: Contact members of the Federal and State Affairs conference committee: Senators: Ralph Ostmeyer Ralph.Ostmeyer@senate.ks.gov Jay Emler Jay.Emler@senate.ks.gov Oletha Faust-Goudeau Oletha.Faust-Goudeau@senate.ks.govHouse Representatives: Arlen Siegfreid Arlen.Siegfreid@house.ks.gov Steve Brunk Steve.Brunk@house.ks.gov Louis Ruiz Louis.Ruiz@house.ks.gov Action Alert – Concealed Carry Two bills regarding concealed carry...
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No comments Monthly Archives: April 2013
Celebrate Freedom Week has evangelical roots
Thank you to MainStream Coalition and the Capital Journal for publicizing this! Celebrate Freedom Week is part of an agenda, not benign civics. http://cjonline.com/news/2013-03-28/celebrate-freedom-week-has-evangelical-roots...
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No comments Still watching third/first grade retention
We’re still watching third/first grade retention. Brownback is not happy with some of the changes we like. We believe if legislative leaders are going to insist on importing education bills from Florida, the least we can do is look at them carefully and change them in a way that makes...
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No comments Amended third/first grade retention passes Senate
The reading retention bill passed the Senate today 30-10. We disagree with the bill in principle and believe that these decisions should be left to parents, teachers, principals and the Kansas Board of Education. That being said, the Senate removed many of the worst aspects of the bill as described...
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