September State Board News
Health Standards
At the September meeting, State Board members reviewed and debated portions
of the proposed Health Standards. The board members debated whether or not students
should "opt in" or have signed parent permission forms to attend the
sex education portion of the health curriculum.
Currently in most schools, students attend the classes unless parents "opt
them out." The districts are not bound by the State Boards' recommendations
concerning the Health Standards. The standards are only recommendations to the
school districts because the state does not test students on health standards
as part of district accreditation.
There were two motions and votes on the "opt in" or "opt out"
options. The board split 5-5 on both votes. Kathy Martin from Clay Center voted
with the moderates on the board to continue the current "opt out"
system. Ms Martin said that the "opt in" procedure would be too cumbersome
on districts that are already stretched for time to complete required paperwork.
Chairman Abrams said that the board would take up the permission issue again,
but he did not say on which month's agenda the item would appear.
In Other action, the State Board (page references
to September State Board materials, available at http://www.ksde.org/commiss/sept_2005_materials.pdf
- Acted on Visiting Scholars license requests (pp. 177-178)
- USD 305, Salina
- SE Kansas Educational Service Center
- Acted on recommendations from the Licensure Review Committee (pp.179-184)
- Approved 31 License/Endorsement Requests
- Acted to accept surrender of a professional license for revocation (pp.185)
- Acted on recommendations to accredit schools under the Quality Performance
Accreditation (pp 187-188)
- Acted on requests USD 434, Santa Fe Trail, USD 458, Basehor-Linwood, and
USD 475, Geary County for authority to hold elections on the question of issuing
bonds over the school district's bond debt limitation (pp201-206)
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