Kansas Senate Votes to Subvert Students’ First Amendment Right to Join Public Protests

Kansas Senate measure imposes fines on school districts tied to student walkouts - Newton Kansan

By: Tim Carpenter KansasReflector.com TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate voted Tuesday to clamp down on public school protests by requiring students to secure parental permission to participate and by imposing penalties on districts complicit in organizing protests or meek in disciplining student offenders. Sen. Michael Murphy, a Republican from Sylvia, assured senators the new prohibition on students leaving a school building to take part in a protest …

Kansas Senate votes to subvert students' First Amendment right to join public protests

Sen. Mike Murphy, R-Sylvia, secured passage of an amendment to the Kansas Senate's budget that potentially undermines public school students' constitutional rights of speech and assembly and imposes massive fines on public school districts that don't sufficiently prevent student walkouts. (Photo by Grace Hills for Kansas Reflector)TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate voted Tuesday to clamp down on public school protests by requiring students to secure par…

Kansas Senate votes to subvert students’ First Amendment right to join public protests

TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate voted Tuesday to clamp down on public school protests by requiring students to secure parental permission to participate and by imp

EDITORIAL: Kansas legislators’ ploy to silence student voices is unconstitutional and morally reprehensible

A little over 57 years ago, the federal government voted to honor high school students’ free speech and allow them to voice concerns about the government they’re set to inherit. Now, the Kansas Senate is attempting to silence them. Late Tuesday night, the Senate passed Amendment 21-18 inserted into Senate Bill 315, which would require students to receive parental permission to participate in school protests and penalize districts complicit in or…

Kansas Senate approves limits on student walkouts - The Iola Register

TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate voted Tuesday to clamp down on public school protests by requiring students to secure parental permission to participate and by

Kansas Senate votes to get tough on school walkouts

The Kansas Senate on Tuesday night voted to punish school districts that allow or encourage student walkouts that have to led to an increasing number of protests over immigration enforcement in recent weeks. The Senate voted 21-18 to amend the state budget with language that called for fining a school district that "experiences a student walkout" and fails to obtain written parental consent . . . SSJ This content is restricted to subscribers. Cl…