We still oppose having primaries for school board elections in August when many families are on vacation and having school board members take office in the middle of the school year. We are concerned that moving them to November of even years and leaving them nonpartisan will be a step toward making those other changes in a future legislative session.

“School board primaries and elections would be held in August and November of odd-numbered years and would be non-partisan under an amendment approved Wednesday by the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee.

“The committee started working on Senate Bill 171 but ran out of time before taking a final vote on the bill. The committee is scheduled to continue working on the measure Thursday.

“As introduced, SB 171 would have moved all local elections to November of even-numbered years and made them partisan. KASB opposes this bill and believes the current system of non-partisan spring elections for school boards should be left alone.”

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