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Welcome to Election Central! Please mark this page and visit us often, as we will be updating this page with information as it becomes available. Important election dates/deadlines, voter registration forms and candidate filings are all available in this section.

This year, Kansas voters will go to the polls to elect new leaders at the national and state levels. Several Congressional races have a long list of candidates vying for office. In the Kansas Legislature, the entire House is up for [re]election, as well as special elections for several Senate seats. Five seats on the Kansas State Board of Education are up for re-election...and, of course, there is the Governor's race.
United School Administrators of Kansas and the Kansas Association of School Boards, two organizations committed to improving Kansas public education, established E-PAC (Educating All Children in Kansas Political Action Committee).
United School Administrators of Kansas (USA|Kansas) is committed to improving Kansas public education; our organization has partnered with the Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) and established a political action committee. The purpose of the PAC is to endorse and support candidates who realize the importance of public education and will support efforts to improve it. The name of the educational political action committee is Educating All Children in Kansas Political Action Committee (the E-PAC). The Committee is politically nonpartisan and is co-chaired by Cheryl Semmel, USA|Kanas executive director and a representative of KASB.
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Every Vote Counts poster (English)
The Every Vote Counts initiative is a collaborative public service project sponsored by United School Administrators of Kansas (USA|Kansas), Kansas National Education Association (KNEA) and Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB). Our goal is to encourage voter registration among school personnel, contracted staff, parents and education stakeholders prior to the 2010 general election.


SB 350, the Democrat's plan to restore funding to the BSAPP over several years, is now is now available online. Click here to download the bill.

KSDE has provided a run, SF12-051 (January 10, 2012), which provides the effects of a proposed school finance plan being offered by Democratic leaders in the Kansas Legislature. The plan provides for an increase in BSAPP for the 2012-13 school year of $66.75; in the 2013-14 school year an additional $66.75 and in the 2014-15 school year an additional $133.50 (based upon 50 percent of the state general fund increase.) Beginning with the 2014-15 school year, this plan will provide general state aid based upon 50 percent of the state general fund increase (excluding KPERS).

Governor Brownback's Excellence in Education Act is now available online. While some part of the plan looked familiar, the bill included many other provisions that are still being reviewed. The bill is 138 pages long. Click here to download the bill.

To view a section-by-section summary of the Excellence in Education Act, click here.

KSDE has updated the Governor’s school finance reform plan based upon information available at this time (January 24, 2012). It is important to note that this plan would not take effect until the 2013-14 school year. Click here to download SF12-066.

The USA|Kansas Legislative Action Center has a listing of all U.S. Kansas Congressional delegation members, Kansas Senate, Kansas House of Representatives, and Kansas State Board of Education members - including office numbers, phone numbers and email addresses. If you don't know who your legislator is, click here. Individuals can search for Legislators by entering your home address and/or school address.

 
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