- The 1941 Bill and Its Approval

As a result of conferences with school leaders of Kansas, certain
compromises, which are explained in the following pages, were made,
znd the revised bill was submitted to the vote of the entire Kansas
Legislative Council on November 15, where it passed with only two
dissenting votes. The school retirement bill as it appears in this bulletin
will be presented to the 1941 session of the Kansas Legislature as a
Council bill on school retirement. The bill also carries the endorsement
of the Legislative Committee of the Kansas State Teachers Association.

Favorable action in the 1941 session of the Kansas Legislature is a
reasonable expectation. Both political parties carried school retirement
planks in their 1940 platforms, so retirement is not a partisan issue.
Patrons want school retirement; boards of education and school em-
ployees want school retirement; the Legislative Council has drafted its
bill. Enactment is the next logical step.

The Legislative Committee of the Kansas State Teachers Associa-
tion wishes to express its appreciation for the fine work and most
pleasant cooperation it has received from all members of the Legislative
Council. It is especially grateful for the untiring work of the members
of the Council’s Committee on Education composed of Senator Donald
C. Allen, Valley Falls; Rep. Marion Beatty, Topeka; Rep. Wilford Riegle,
Emporia; Rep. Paul R. Wunsch, Kingman, and Rep. Earle Baker, Sublette.
Special appreciation is extended to Rep. Marion Beatty, of Topeka, who
served as a subcommittee on school retirement of the Council, to Dr.
F. H. Guild and Mr. Camden Strain of the Legislative Council’s Research
Department who conducted research studies on the subject, and to Mr.
Franklin Corrick, revisor of statutes, and his staff who assisted in the
legal framing of the 1941 bill.

Sincerely yours,

K.S.T.A. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE,

The Sub-committee on School Retirement,
R. V. PHINNEY, Larned,
Ira O. Scort, Hays,
ADEL THROCKMORTON, Wichita.

 

Membership of K.S.T.A. Legislative Committee

Supt. REES H. HuGHEs, Parsons
Chairman

C. O. WRIGHT, Topeka
Secretary-Director

First DIstRictT
Supt. W. D. Wolfe, Atchison

SECOND DISTRICT
Supt. W. L. Rambo, Paola

THIRD DISTRICT
Supt. Rees H. Hughes, Parsons

FOURTH DISTRICT
Prin. George Stevens, Clay Center

FirTH DIStTRIcT
Co. Supt. Adel Throckmorton,
Wichita
SIXTH DIstTRIcT
Prin. R. E. Custer, WaKeeney
Supt. Chas. E. Hawkes, Salina
SEVENTH DIstTRICT
Supt. Frank Irwin, Stafford
Dr. Ira O. Scott, Hays
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Supt. F. L. Schlagle, Kansas City
Supt. R.V. Phinney, Larned
State Supt. Geo. L. McClenny,
Topeka