Can state legislators dictate exactly what curriculum Kansas public school districts must teach? Does this conflict with the State Board of Education’s role, and the authority of local School Boards? If legislators 𝗰𝗮𝗻 mandate curriculum, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙨 - if any?  These questions are being asked by SUBV members following the KS Legislature’s passage of S Sub House Bill 2382 earlier this year.  S Sub HB 2382 provided for a salary increase for members of

We’ve compiled news excerpts detailing the state budget approved by the KsLeg March 27, along with our comments. Links to each news article are listed at the bottom of this post. Kansas lawmakers last week passed a budget that would put the state roughly $460 million in debt by 2028.  When coupled with the   five-year, $2 billion slash to income taxes  from last year’s special session, and assorted new legislation that would deliver tax cuts, the state would be an estimated $

By the slimmest margin possible, Kansas voters lost their rights to a 3-day grace period on mailed ballots postmarked by Election Day. Five BV-area legislators are among those who previously voted to take away the grace period, and then voted today to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of the bill. This is just the first in a series of predicted assaults on voting rights since a MAGA supermajority claimed KsLeg in 2024.  Even more alarming: KS House Election Committee Chair, Le

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We’ve endorsed former teacher and longtime public education advocate Rep. Nikki McDonald for re-election to Kansas House District 49. HD 49 is located just west of HD 8, on the west side of Blue Valley. The majority of HD 49 voters are Olathe School District residents, but it includes a small portion of Blue Valley, too. Nikki McDonald was elected in 2023 by the precinct committee to fill a legislative opening. She served the 2024 session and is now running for re-election. M