ACTION ALERT:
Contact your Senator today [March 23] and urge him or her to vote No on SB 469.

Sharing from KNEA:
The Senate has decided to debate and vote on SB 469 today. It is the second bill on their debate calendar.

This bill by anti-teacher zealots Jeff Melcher and Julie Lynn has been crafted specifically to end teacher representation in Kansas. It is intended to ensure that no teachers in Kansas will have representation in collective bargaining.

The bill requires every teachers association to stand for re-election every three years even if no other organization submits a challenge to representation rights. Even if unopposed, the ballot must include “no representative” as an option. It then holds the organization to a requirement to get 50% + 1 of all eligible voters. Not 50% of votes cast but 50% of eligible voters even if some teachers chose not to vote.

If held to the same election standard, not one of the members of the committee that crafted this bill would be in the Senate today – even the two that were unopposed.

Read more by clicking the link. We note that this bill is not being sought by school administrators or boards. http://underthedomeks.org/late-breaking-news-urgent-action-needed/

UPDATE: This bill passed the Senate. It had not yet been taken up by the House when they adjourned for their spring break.