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Public commenters urge limits on elementary device use, ask for opt-out policy and accreditation rule changes
Summary
During Citizen Open Forum parents, advocacy groups and a religious schools association urged the State Board to consider developmentally appropriate device rules, statewide opt-out policies tied to religious objections and changes to licensure rules for teachers at non-state-accredited private schools.
TOPEKA '1 Parents, education advocates and association representatives used the State Board of Education's Citizens Open Forum on July 8 to press the board on device use in elementary schools, parental opt-out rights and licensure rules for nonpublic schools.
Jamie Finkledigh, president of the Kansas Association of Independent and Religious Schools, asked the board to place proposed changes to licensure and mentoring rules for teachers in non-state-accredited schools on a near-term agenda. She said some nonpublic schools that are accredited by nationally recognized agencies should have local options for mentoring and professional-development committees and that student-teacher placements in recognized non-accredited schools should count toward licensure.
Kim Whitman, speaking on behalf of families concerned about early-childhood…
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