How the Kansas House Committee on Education Voted on HB 2289
I was able to obtain a breakdown of how the members of the Kansas House Committee on Education voted on their anti-Common Core bill, HB 2289, that was defeated 7-11 in committee on 3/21.
YesKelly (R) Bradford (R) Dove (R) Ghandi (R) Lunn (R) Highland (R) Hedke (R) | NoCassidy (D) Trimmer (D) Boldra (R) Bridges (D) Dierks (R) Ewy (R) Houston (D) Lusk (D) Meigs (R) Rooker (R) Winn (D) | AbstainGrossrode (R) |
This issue is how we separate the wheat from the chaff. So pay attention how your legislators vote on bills like these. If they supported local control, they would not vote against bills like these. If they care about an appropriate constitutional process they would not vote against bills like this. If they cared about content that was actually benchmarked and field-tested, they would not vote in favor of the Common Core.
I also have to wonder where Kansas Governor Sam Brownback stands on this. If he was against it, why is he