Skip to Content

Under the Dome Today


2013 Session

Under the Dome - May 17, 2013
Mea Culpa; Common Core Standards not killed yet!; Take action this weekend!; Gone for the weekend; Looks like another week ahead

Under the Dome - May 16, 2013
Common Core on Legislative Chopping Block

Under the Dome - May 15, 2013
Staring contest over?

Under the Dome - May 14, 2013
Veto Session Day 5; Dragging on; Where did this mess come from?; What options do Legislators have?; In and out again

Under the Dome - May 13, 2013
Veto Session Day 4; Not much continuing to happen

Under the Dome - May 10, 2013
Gone for the weekend; back for the long haul starting Monday, Rep. Bob Grant announces his retirement, Taxes and budgets?

Under the Dome - May 9, 2013
Another Education Conference Committee adopted, off to Governor; Budget and Taxes - the big issues

Under the Dome - April 4, 2013
Retention bill agreed to in conference; Budget and Tax agreements unlikely by tomorrow

Under the Dome - April 3, 2013
Education Conference Committee wraps up; House Ed Budget/Senate Ed Conference Committee making some agreements; Retention once again being debated

Under the Dome - April 2, 2013
Education Conference Committee meets

Under the Dome - March 27, 2013
Floor action over until next week; House actions from last night; Senate passes "read to succeed"; KPERS in the Senate; They're gone for now

Under the Dome - March 25, 2013
Voucher bill fails on House floor!; Senate advances bill giving all insurance salesmen access to school mailboxes, emails

Under the Dome - March 22, 2013
Committees are done. So what is where? Teacher rights; Vouchers, Charters, and opting out of laws; Mandates; School Finance

Under the Dome - March 21, 2013
KPERS DC bill tabled; Collective Bargaining issue sent to study; Senate Education Committee ends charter school discussion; Senate Ed Committee reconsiders, amends, and passes retention bill; House Ed in marathon common core debate

Under the Dome - March 20, 2013
House Ed supports no accountability for certain schools; Senate Education still battling charters

Under the Dome - March 19, 2013
Budget battle on House floor; Senate Education Committee debates charter bill; Merriam parent Heather Ousley completes her 60-mile walk to Topeka; What's happening on the collective bargaining front?

Under the Dome - March 18, 2013
Latest Defined Benefit KPERS Plan called a "Risky Experiment"; New voucher bill in House Education Committee; Shawnee Mission mom to complete a 60-mile walk from Merriam to Topeka in support of public schools

Under the Dome - March 15, 2013
House Education settles two bills; Still watching the anti-union bills

Under the Dome - March 14, 2013
House Ed continues discussion on Charters; And then KPI gets even more time for their propaganda; Senate moves forward

Under the Dome - March 13, 2013
Gun debates go on long; other meetings delayed; Senate Education takes up so-called "access" bill

Under the Dome - March 13, 2013 Special Edition
Open Letter to Our Education Community by Karen Godfrey, KNEA President

Under the Dome - March 12, 2013
Payroll deduction bill amended, moved out of committee; House Education Committee begins debate on charger school law; Speaking of money...

Under the Dome - March 8, 2013
House passes "innovative district" bill on final action; Hearing on anti-collective bargaining bill continues; In the meantime

Under the Dome - March 7, 2013
Competing "innovative district" bills; Hearing to bill to dismantle collective bargaining continues tomorrow

Under the Dome - March 6, 2013
On the used car lot it's called "bait and switch"; Are there less than honest assertions being made?; In the meantime...

Under the Dome - March 1, 2013
Legislature hits "turn-around", They are home for four days!; The Collective Bargaining Battle; Where are other bills?, Senate Bills, House Bills; And what about school funding?; They are home! Talk to them!

Under the Dome - February 28, 2013
KNEA holds statehouse press conference; So here's what we need you to do!; Growing roster of board members, superintendents stand up for teachers

Under the Dome - February 27, 2013
War on Teachers!; Today's report from the front lines!; So here's what we need you to do!

Under the Dome - February 26, 2013
Sneaky stuff?; Do superintendents and school board members really have so little respect for teachers? Let's ask!; Senate Education Committee acts on several bills; House debates bullying bill, revisits vouchers

Under the Dome - February 25, 2013
House rejects voucher bill; House advances "innovative districts" bill; Senate Education Committee handles several bills; Senate hears 3rd grade retention bill; Tomorrow in limbo!

Under the Dome - February 20, 2013
"Innovation" bill in the Senate; House Education Committee digs into charters; Senate passes constitution amendment on school funding; Legislature cancelled for Thursday, pro-forma Friday

Under the Dome - February 19, 2013
Lots of bill hearings today; Two bills heard in the House Education Committee today; Senate Ed bills on bullying and district budgeting; Dyslexia bill soon to be worked; Anti-teacher bills still in limbo

Under the Dome - February 18, 2013
Massive rework on the calendar!; Bills, bills, bills as we head to turn-around!; Still no word on the anti-teacher measurers

Under the Dome - February 15, 2013
Another quiet Friday; Next week? That's another matter!

Under the Dome - February 14, 2013
War on teachers kicks into high gear; Kansas School Superintendents Association; Teachers should be seen not heard; The Governor's "Efficiency Task Force" and Collective Bargaining; KASB supports the complete repeal of fair dismissal procedures in Kansas

Under the Dome - February 13, 2013
KPERS Coalition reacts to latest defined contribution retirement plan; Senate hears bill on internet protection act; One anti-union bill will not move forward; others on hold; House Ed Committee approves insurance salesman access bill

Under the Dome - February 12, 2013
At-risk funding, Bullying in Education Committees

Under the Dome - February 11, 2013
Bill would require schools to give access to teachers for anyone who wants to sell something

Under the Dome - February 8, 2013
Quiet day in the capital; Anti-teacher, anti-union bills; School finance bills; Student bills; Anti-KASB bills

Under the Dome - February 7, 2013
No action on anti-union bills yet; Dyslexia bill heard in Senate Ed Committee; The Kansas Legislature is getting plenty of press; Would you like to weigh in with legislators on HB 2023 or other bills?

Under the Dome - February 6, 2013
Senate Commerce hearing on HB 2023 continues; Senate Education Committee hears two bills; Sorry, Grandma!

Under the Dome - February 5, 2013
Senate Commerce Committee takes up HB 2023; Feel free to weigh in with the Committee members; While you need paycheck protection, it appears that legislators need special job protection!; Trouble in tax paradise?

Under the Dome - February 4, 2013
Quiet Monday; House Appropriations gets School Finance 101; No word on HB 2085; HB 2023 how in the Senate

Under the Dome - January 31, 2013
House approves HB 2023. If the Senate agrees, put on your duct tape!

Under the Dome - January 30, 2013
House advances HB 2023; Final vote tomorrow; The War on Teachers is just beginning!; Senate education introduces bills

Under the Dome - January 29, 2013
Watch out, guys! Teacher might be mad!; Hearing on anti-collective bargaining bill; It gets worse!

Under the Dome - January 28, 2013
"Ramming Speed!"; HB 2023 likely not up for debate until Thursday

Under the Dome - January 25, 2013
Anti-teacher House members launch an attack on collective bargaining rights; Battle for free speech continues; Are Kansas Chamber members thinking twice about the Chamber's War on Public Employees?; Do your part! The battle is not over yet!

Under the Dome - January 24, 2013
House Committee Republicans approve Chamber bill designed to "get rid of public sector unions"

Under the Dome - January 23, 2013
It's not really about political activity; it's about getting rid of public sector unions

Under the Dome - January 22, 2013
Legislature seeks legislation to silence teachers

Under the Dome - January 16, 2013
House Pensions Committee gets initial briefing; Governor's budget recommendations for K-12 education; New Kansas-based economic think tank forms, releases reaction to Governor's budget; KNEA releases statement reacting to the Governor's State-of-the-State address

Under the Dome - January 15, 2013
They're off!; Schodorf changes parties; KNEA releases statement on Gannon school finance court decision

 

2012 Under the Dome publications

 

 
Subscribe to the
Under the Dome
Email Address
First Name
Last Name


Embed This Page (x)

Select and copy this code to your clipboard