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The Kansas House Education Committee Did NOT Give Common Core the Boot

March 23, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Kansas State Capitol Building in Topeka, KS. Photo credit: Doug Kerr (CC-By-SA 2.0)

The local media makes it sound like the Kansas House Education Committee gave the Common Core the boot, but in fact they did no such thing.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: 2016 Bills, Amanda Grosserode, Common Core Repeal, Common Core State Standards, Kansans Against Common Core, Kansas, Kansas House, Kansas House Education Committee

Kansas Legislators Vote for Common Core Bill They Helped Kill

April 1, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

State Representatives Amanda Grosserode (R-Lenexa) and John Bradford (R-Lansing) are named by Kansas activists as being roadblocks to a Common Core repeal.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Amanda Grosserode, Common Core State Standards, HB 2292, John Bradford, Kansas, Kansas House, Kansas House Education Committee, Local Control of Kansas Education Act, Naming Names

One Last Chance for Kansas to Take Back Local Control of Education

March 18, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The Kansas House of Representatives is facing funnel week this week.  This is the final week that bills have to make it out of committee.  Kansas has a fabulous bill in HB 2292, the Local Control of Kansas Education Act, that was introduced last month. There is a committee vote scheduled in the Kansas House […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2015 Bills, Amanda Grosserode, Common Core State Standards, John Bradford, Kansas, Kansas House, Kansas House Education Committee, Local Control of Kansas Education Act, Ray Merrick, Ron Highland

Brownback’s Lack of Leadership on Common Core Defunding

April 8, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

The Kansas Senate on Thursday night voted to defund the Common Core State Standards after an amendment to the school finance bill overwhelmingly. The Lawrence Journal-World reports: The Kansas Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday night to prohibit schools from spending money to implement the Common Core standards for reading and math. The amendment, sponsored by Sen. […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core Defunding, Common Core State Standards, Kansas House, Kansas Legislature, Kansas Senate, Sam Brownback

Legislative Attempts to Derail Common Core Fall Short in Kansas

June 3, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

There was a flurry of activity in the Kansas Legislature at the end of their session to address the Common Core.   Unfortunately all attempts fell short.  There  was a proviso added to the education budget that would have defunded the implementation of the standards.  Unfortunately that was removed.  Former Kansas State Board of Education member, […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core Pause, Common Core State Standards, Kansas House, Kansas Senate, Kansas State Board of Education, Next Generation Science Standards, Sam Brownback, Walt Chappell

Action Alert for Kansas

May 28, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

From Dr. Walt Chappell: There is a Plan B taking shape to defund the CCS by the Kansas Legislature before they adjourn for the year.  Their legislative session is due to  end this Friday. If you and your networks can assist with emails sent to the personal accounts of both House and Senate members, they […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Kansas House, Kansas Legislature, Kansas Senate

Kansas Lawmakers Consider Defunding Common Core

May 17, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Taking a page from the Michigan House playbook, Common Core defunding may be coming in Kansas. Via The Wichita Eagle: The implementation of new education standards could come to a screeching halt under a proposal floated by Republican lawmakers Thursday. Republican budget negotiators said they’ll consider a move to block any money that would be […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Kansas Association of School Boards, Kansas Department of Education, Kansas House, Kansas Senate, Kansas State Board of Education, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, The Wichita Eagle

Update on Kansas Anti-Common Core Bill

March 20, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

2nd Update: There will be a hearing TOMORROW (March 21st) at 12:00 PM Room 112-N of the Kansas State Capitol. Update: Ok, evidently the bill is now back in the Education Committee.  I’m not sure what that means. Here are the members of the education committee. Rep. Kasha Kelley (Chair) Rep. Ward Cassidy (Vice Chair) Rep. Ed […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Amanda Grosserode, Barbara Ballard, Bob Grant, Brian Weber, Common Core State Standards, Dave Crum, Gene Suellentrop, Harold Lane, HB 2289, Jerry Henry, Jerry Lunn, John Bradford, Kansas House, Kansas House Committee on Appropriations, Kansas House Committee on Education, Kansas Legislature, Kasha Kelley, Kyle Hoffman, Marc Rhoades, Mark Huton, Mark Kahrs, Marvin Kleeb, Nile Dillmore, Pete DeGraaf, Richard Carlson, Ron Ryckman, Sharon Schwartz, Sydney Carlin, Virgil Peck, Ward Cassidy

States Fighting Back

March 4, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

J.R. Wilson has updated our map. The Pending Rejection states are so marked as a result of serious discussion or action taken towards withdrawing from the Common Core State Standards, withdrawing from PARCC or SBAC, delaying implementation of standards or assessments, or not funding the implementation.  The discussions or actions considered include public forums, legislative […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Alabama Senate, Florida Legislature, Georgia Senate, HB 1204, HB 1907, HB 2289, HB 377, HB 4276, HB 616, Indiana Senate, Kansas House, Michigan House, Mike Fair, Missouri House, Missouri Senate, Nikki Haley, Oklahoma House, S. 604, SB 167, SB 190, SB 193, SB 210, SB 524, South Carolina Senate, South Dakota House, Utah Legislature

Anti-Common Core Bill Introduced in Kansas

February 14, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

From the Topeka Capital-Journal: A bill in the House Committee on Education would force the Kansas State Department of Education to scrap and replace newly adopted mathematics and English standards and develop tests to match them — something the department says would cost millions of dollars… …Under current law, the Kansas State Board of Education […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, HB 2289, House Bill 2289, Kansas Department of Education, Kansas House, Kansas House Committee on Education, Kansas Legislature, Kansas State Board of Education

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