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How the Kansas House Committee on Education Voted on HB 2289

by Shane Vander Hart

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)

State Representative John Bradford (R-Lansing) told me this morning that he is not giving up on this bill and plans to hold town halls this morning, as well as, encourage Kansans to attend state school board meetings.  I would expect to see him file this bill again next legislative session.

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