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Kansas bill on trans athletes advances amid misogyny charges
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press March 17, 2021 10:35pm Text size Copy shortlink:
TOPEKA, Kan. Kansas legislators on Wednesday traded sometimes-bitter accusations of misogyny as conservative Republicans advanced a proposal to ban transgender students from girls and women s school sports that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly labeled regressive.
The GOP-controlled state Senate approved a bill that would enact the ban on a 24-10 vote, sending the measure to the Republican-controlled House. Kelly predicted ahead of Wednesday s two-hour debate that the policy would make it more difficult to recruit businesses to the state, but supporters of t
Kansas lawmakers OK bill mandating civics test for students
ANDY TSUBASA FIELD, Associated Press/Report for America
April 1, 2021
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Legislature passed a Republican-backed bill Wednesday that would require graduating high school students to have passed a civics test with questions such as, “What is one way Americans can serve their country?”
The GOP-controlled Senate voted 24-15 for the bill and sent it to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. The Republican-controlled House narrowly approved it in early March.
The measure would require public and private school students to pass a test or series of tests consisting of 60 randomly selected questions from the U.S. citizenship test. The bill does not set a passing grade, leaving that up to teachers. Students would be able to take the test multiple times until they pass.
TOPEKA The Kansas Legislature passed a Republican-backed bill Wednesday that would require graduating high school students to have passed a civics test with