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Board briefed on a slate of Topeka bills that could restrict district communications and affect funding
Summary
Dr. Little told the Shawnee Mission board about several active bills — including a cell-phone/bell-to-bell bill, a bill (2451) restricting use of public resources for ballot questions with strict 'neutral' language, scholarship/tax credit legislation, and budget provisos affecting vaccination guidance and assessment contracts — and urged local advocacy.
The Shawnee Mission Board of Education received an extended legislative briefing from Doctor Little detailing multiple bills in the Kansas Legislature that district staff say could affect local operations, funding and communications.
Little said the cell-phone bill remains a high-profile item and that some earlier versions would have required nonpublic schools to follow the same bell-to-bell restrictions as public schools; he said the provision was returned to the Senate committee for further work. He cautioned that changes to how districts may store phones or use capital outlay…
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