Please pay attention this session and note that this is not the way rational people formulate state policy! Our legislature planned to hear 49 bills in 2 days before turnaround. http://www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/capitol-report/2016/feb/21/lawmakers-to-work-49-bills-in-two-days-j/...
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You know things are messed up when librarians start marching
We share this sentiment. Do we have any school librarians joining our walk this year? Please join us! And bring this sign! Photo from Oregon SOS Facebook....
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Leave a Comment Legislature’s unhelpful meddling in education policy
“If GOP legislators believe in public education as much as they claim – or as much as Kansans always have – they have a strange way of showing it. “Every idea that comes into a legislator’s head, or through the pipeline from some conservative think tank, seems to be finding its way into bill form, if not necessarily to a committee hearing or floor debate. The real worry is that some of these ill-considered proposals will reach the governor’s desk, and end up as laws that only make it harder for teachers to teach and children to succeed.”...
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Leave a Comment Rep. Ousley reports from the House Education Committee
“Every day this week in the House Education Committee, the majority of the committee has ignored the desires of Kansans across the state, and implemented bills supporting the ideologies of the far right. To understand how the committee process is supposed to work (hat tip to my high school government teacher), committees are supposed to be where testimony on bills is heard, with proponents and opponents given an opportunity to speak, so that when the committee members vote, they can make an informed decision. After hearing testimony, the committee can work the bill – that is, they can...
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