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

What grade did the 2025 Republican supermajority-controlled KS Legislature earn when it comes to supporting public education in Blue Valley? Some of the state’s most influential Republican legislators hail from Blue Valley and Johnson County. Certainly they voted for our kids and their neighborhood public schools, right? Read our summary below and tell us what you think. Here are our thoughts, as parents and community members who’ve advocated for our neighborhood public schoo

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

Email your State Representative now to OPPOSE SB 87 or any other expansion of voucher-like schemes that divert public dollars to private, exclusive schools. Find your KS Rep and their email address here: https://ksleglookup.org   SB 87, an expansion of Kansas’ voucher-like program, passed the KS Senate last month and will be heard in the House Education Committee on Monday. In that KS Senate vote, Kellie Warren and TJ Rose voted to give even more tax money to private school

Voting AGAINST Blue Valley last week, State Senators Kellie Warren and TJ Rose voted to divert even more taxpayer dollars to private (mostly religious) schools; rejected holding those private schools accountable for how they use and manage Kansas taxpayer dollars; voted to disenfranchise mail-ballot voters; and voted against local control of School Boards. BV-area State Senator Cindy Holscher voted the opposite of Warren and Rose in each case.  SB 87 expands the existing vou

The Kansas Senate passed a bill Wed., Feb 5, to eliminate  the 3-day grace period for mailed ballots - postmarked on or before Election Day - to reach the election office and be counted. State Senators Kellie Warren and TJ Rose voted YES - disenfranchising Kansas voters. Voting AGAINST SB 4 - that is, voting to maintain the mail-ballot grace period - was BV-area Sen. Cindy Holscher. Sen. Holscher recognizes that the bill punishes voters for problems with mail processing and d

We’ve documented 11 key votes taken between 2019 and 2023 by both State Sen. Cindy Holscher (who we’ve endorsed since 2016) and Sen. Kellie Warren (who we have NEVER endorsed, nor has the other parent-led public education advocacy group in Warren’s own district, Education First Shawnee Mission). Three separate times, Warren voted FOR voucher schemes, or expansion of voucher programs that are already in place, while Holscher voted against. Remember, there’s NO public oversight

Your vote impacts the education our children receive. It impacts their future. Many of us moved to Blue Valley for the schools. Our...

Kellie Warren voted in 2023 to make drop boxes ILLEGAL as a way to return mail ballots. Despite assurances from local and state election officials about the efficiency and security of ballot drop boxes, and the fact that they’ve been used since 1978, the Kansas Senate last year voted on a bill to completely ban them. Sen. Cindy Holscher voted NO on the ban and Sen. Kellie Warren voted YES. (This provision was passed by the KS Senate but later removed from the bill.) Also in

We’ve endorsed Senator Cindy Holscher for re-election to Kansas State Senate District 8.

Stand Up Blue Valley is pleased to announce our endorsements in the Nov. 5, 2024 general election in races for Kansas Legislature and...

Flat Tax veto Override Fails - How did BV-area State Legislators vote?

This article was originally posted 4/16/2023 on SUBV Facebook page Did your BV-area legislators vote to divert tax money to fund private...

This article was originally posted 03/09/2023 on SUBV Facebook page Blue Valley-area Kansas senators Kellie Warren, Molly Baumgardner,...

This article was originally posted 2/24/2023 on SUBV Facebook page Three of 4 BV-area state senators voted 2/23/2023 to expand the...

This article was originally posted 2/23/2023 on SUBV Facebook page Three of 4 BV-area Kansas senators and 3 of 8 BV-area Kansas...

This article was originally posted 05/14/2022 on SUBV Facebook page When your Blue Valley student gets cut from their high school sports...

This article was originally posted 05/01/2022 on SUBV Facebook page Majority of Blue Valley-area Legislators Pass Bill Forcing District...

This article was originally posted 4/10/2021 on SUBV Facebook page SB175, the “Frankenstein Bill” that paired required education funding...