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House reworks financial literacy bill and mandates teaching of handshakes

This financial literacy bill was worked in the House Ed committee where problems relating to how students would fit such a course into their schedules, unfunded mandates and other issues led to a compromise to encourage teaching financial literacy. Today some legislators tried to abandon the compromise, and now we have a bill mandating the teaching of a good handshake. We would really prefer the legislature focus on its job and let the state BOE and districts do theirs. Can we get a solution on school funding, please? http://johncelock.com/lawmakers-want-students-learn-handshaking-avoid-glide-path-jail...
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Legislature still working against judicial branch

“But as the package moves through the House of Representatives, Kansans should ask themselves at least two questions: First, is this package true to the will of the people when they voted to change their constitution and place all administrative authority under the Supreme Court and to eventually unify all Kansas courts? Second, if Kansans start down the road where judges feel compelled to help bargain away the Court’s authority, where does that road end? Will otherwise fair and impartial judges be asked to decide court cases the way some legislators want them to be decided — in...
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