“Voters should keep close watch on how the sausage-factory works in their backyards. And legislators like Pilcher-Cook should spend less time on these orchestrated schemes and more time helping to better the lives of Kansans, many of whom need protection from these cookie-cutter carpetbaggers.” Kansas legislators have introduced several ALEC education bills this session. Kansans need bills to address Kansas issues, not cookie-cutter bills to promote a national agenda. Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2014/03/16/4890210/editorial-protect-the-people-from.html#storylink=cpy ...
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Contact senators to oppose S Sub HB 2141 moving local and school board elections to November and making other changes
We believe the bill to move school board and other local elections is an attempt to politicize them. Party precinct committee members should not choose school board members, they should not be elected in November and take office in the middle of the academic and fiscal year, and there is no reason to eliminate Option C for school board elections. We also believe that if this bill passes, it will later be amended to put back the explicitly partisan provisions that have been removed for now. This bill already passed the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee, so now...
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Leave a Comment Leave school board elections alone
We agree. “The problem is that move sounds like the first step of a political dance that begins with moving local elections to the fall, then to the fall in even-numbered years and then as partisan elections. Until city and school district officials clamor for partisan fall elections in even-numbered years, legislators should refrain from forcing their will upon the local election process. There is enough partisan fighting and ideological rigidity at the state and federal levels now. There’s no need to spread more of it around.” http://cjonline.com/opinion/2014-03-14/editorial-legislators-should-forget-about-election-mandates...
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Leave a Comment Education Committee calendars lack transparency
As of 6:00 p.m. on Friday, March 14, every entry on the House Education Committee agenda for next week says “Possible action on bills previously heard”. The Senate Education Committee agenda says Monday’s meeting is cancelled, and they will hear from Olathe and Wichita Service Center representatives on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday say “Meeting scheduled – Agenda to be announced” and Friday says “Meeting on call of the chair”. What surprises await and how much notice will we get? Please try to check in with us while on spring break....
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