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KNEA's mission is to promote quality public schools, strengthen the teaching profession and improve the well-being of its members. We do this by working with policy-makers at all levels.
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- Legislative Week in Review
- A review of the 2007 legislative session.
- April 4, 2007 Legislative Week in Review
- End of the regular session!
- March 23, 2007 Legislative Week in Review
- K-12, Higher Ed, KPERS, Taxes, etc, etc!
- March 16, 2007 Legislative Week in Review
- Retirees are still second class citizens; lots of action under the dome
- March 9, 2007 Legislative Week in Review
- Schools, Taxes, and KPERS
- February 23, 2007 Legislative Week in Review
- Half time report! Bills passing; bills passing away! Still more to come!
- February 16, 2007 Legislative Week in Review
- Vouchers! Tax breaks for reptiles! Mandate-a-looza!
- Legislative Week in Review; Feb 9, 2007
- Funding, More Tax Cuts, Bills moving; Vouchers next week
- Legislative Week in Review; Feb. 2, 2007
- A week of at-riskiness, NCLB, and political intrigue
- Legislative Week in Review, January 26, 2007
- Funding, Taxes, At-risk dominate the week
- Legislative Week in Review, Jan 26, 2007
- Funding, Taxes, At-risk dominate the week
- Legislative Week in Review; Jan. 19, 2007
- A week of studies; Lock box moving along
- Legislative Week in Review
- Kansas NEA works with policy-makers on various teaching and learning issues. Check here for a weekly legislative review.
- May 11, 2006 Legislative Week in Review
- Our special wrap-up wrap-up: School finance dominates!
- April 3, 2006 Legislative Week in Review
- Legislature meets 56 days but can't produce a school finance bill
- March 24, 2006 Leg Week in Review
- More ed bureaucracy proposed! House Moderates & Democrats produce new finance plan! Veto overriding!
- March 17, 2006 Legislative Week in Review
- Slow legislative learning curve; Senate and House Finance bill out; workers are disposable; guns at the debate tourney?
- March 10, 2006 Week in Review
- More finance; Immigrant children win, Kansas workers lose; Standard and Poor's validates KNEA!
- March 10, 2006 Week in Review
- Finance debates; Immigrants saved, workers trashed; Standard and Poor's validate KNEA!
- March 3, 2006 Week in Review
- Awash in finance plans; Disposable workers to the House; Immigrants and Guns
- Feb 20 - 24, 2006 Week in Review
- Finance bill out in House; Senate says, "You're disposable!"
- Feb 17, 2006 Week in Review
- TAKE ACTION NOW: Disposable workers; higher ed; bills to protect children
- Feb 10, 2006 Week in Review
- More Post Audit study; Concealed carry passes Senate
- Week 4, Feb 2, 3006
- More on the LPA study; First finance bill out
- Week 4, Feb 2, 2006
- More on the LPA study; First finance bill out
- Week 3, Jan 27, 06
- LPA study in House, Standards in Senate; Regents take positions
- Week 3, Jan 27, 2006
- LPA study in House, Standards in Senate; Regents take positions
- Week 2, Jan 20, 06
- Teacher of the Year; Corkins at the Capitol
- Week 2, Jan 20, 2006
- Teacher of the Year; Corkins at the Capitol
- Week 1, Jan 13, 2006
- In a light week, school finance study is all the buzz!
- Week 1, Jan 13, 2006
- In a light week, school finance study is all the buzz!
- Special Session: Final Report
- Should we fund our schools or destroy the judiciary? (Just what were we
called to do?)
- A few high points for school finance during the session . . . but none prevailed
- Every once in a while, we were given a flicker of hope in our quest for better
school funding only to have those hopes dashed each time.
- Legislature adjourns for 3½ week break; will return April 30
- The last order of critical business for KNEA was put to rest about 7:30 pm on
Friday night when the Senate adopted the conference committee report on SB
7, the technical college governance bill. By 8:15 all business was wrapped
up and both Chambers were empty by 8:30.
- House Ed amends, then votes to kill capital outlay flexibility bill
- On Monday morning the House Education Committee took action on SB 22.
The bill would allow school districts to spend capital outlay money on computer
software, utilities, and property insurance. While SB 22 allows for some
spending flexibility, it has the side effect of relieving the legislature of
its responsibility to fully fund public education.
- KNEA-opposed bills up for floor votes next week
- The House of Representatives will take up SB 103, a bill which
proposes to amend the recall statute and will limit the voters’ ability
to recall elected officials.
- KASB starts week with attack on school employees
- To start off the week in the Senate Education Committee, KASB announced their
opposition to HB 2179, a bill that would repeal the prohibition on school
employees serving on the State Board of Education.
- Quiet week starts off second half of legislative session
- The second half of the session is off to a very slow start. Neither chamber
met on Monday, March 3. We hope that most legislators were back home helping
in Read Across America celebrations.
- The Halftime Report!
- On the last couple of days before turn around, legislators tried to hear and
act on a few last bills. February 28 was the last day for bills to be passed
out of their house of origin in order to be considered in the other chamber.
- School District Consolidation is Topic of the Week
- On Tuesday, the House Education Committee began a series of hearings on five
bills dealing with school district consolidation. A long line of superintendents,
school board members, and citizens from rural towns lined up to oppose forced
consolidation of districts
- KNEA presents school needs to PTA, House Ed Budget Committee
- While the House Education Committee discussed proposals to simplify school
district budget reports, KNEA lobbyist Mark Desetti appeared with Mark Tallman
of KASB, Dianne Gjerstad of USD 259, and Senator John Vratil at the state PTA
Legislative Conference. Desetti spoke of increased demands under ESEA, the need
to adequately fund public schools to meet those demands, and the need for parents
to “turn up the heat” on legislators.
- House Committees hear KASB bills
- On Wednesday the House Education Committee began hearings on House Bill
2059 and House Bill 2060. The first bill would allow school boards
to void employee contracts, the second would eliminate due process protections
for teachers.
- Senate Ed to work out "home rule" compromise with KNEA, KASB
- On Thursday, the Senate Education Committee listened to testimony from both
KASB and KNEA on SB 57, the "School District Powers of Local Control"
bill. the same bill has passed both senate education committee and on floor repeatedly in last few years.
- Update to go all-electronic!
- This is the last mailed issue! Why? Because
we want you to know what's happening when it's happening. Using our mailing
system, it now takes as many as five days for the Legislative Update to get to your
mailbox.
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KNEA Legislative Contacts
Blake West, President
Mark Desetti, Director, Legislative and Political Advocacy
Terry Forsyth, Director, Political Action
The KNEA Lobby Team consists of elected leaders and staff. The Lobby Team welcomes member feedback on issues before the Legislature and on this site.
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