Attorney Mike O'Neal refutes notion that legislature can't set education curriculum

Attorney Mike O'Neal refutes notion that legislature can't set education curriculum

In mid-May, Governor Laura Kelly vetoed a pair of education bills, which she claimed would violate the state constitution. One bill would have mandated 30 minutes of daily recess and a statewide physical fitness test; the other, which was overridden, required teaching about the negative impact of certain political ideologies. “The Kansas Constitution provides for the State Board of Education to design a curriculum,” the Topeka Capital-Journal sa…