University Daily Kansan / Monday, February 3, 1992
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Philip Meiring / KANSAN
Up in the air
Brian Moore, Overland Park freshman, left; Eric Fellows, Boulder, Colo., sophomore, center; and Kevin Stephens, Shawnee freshman, practice a juggling maneuver called a three-man feed. The three students were practicing Saturday for a performance at the Second Annual Coffeehouse Fundraiser for Soviet Jewry, sponsored by KU Hillel. The fundraiser was held at 8 last night at the Rum Tree Club in the Holiday Inn Holidome. 200 McDonald Drive.
Controversy, debate to mark Legislature's fourth week
Abortion
The House Federal and State Affairs Committee will conduct hearings at 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday to discuss a proposal to legalize abortion in Kansas.
Proponents of legalized abortions will address the committee Wednesday.
The House bill, sponsored by State Rep. Kathleen Sebelius, D-Topea, would guarantee a woman the right to an abortion if the fetus could not survive outside the womb.
The bill also would create stiff penalties for anti-abortion protesters who block access to clinics.
Anti-abortion activists consider the bill an attempt to legalize abortion if the Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade.
If Roe vs. Wade were overturned and no action were taken on abortion by the Legislature, existing Kansas law would require three doctors to agree that a woman's life was in danger before an abortion could be performed.
Qualified admissions
The Senate Education Committee will conduct hearings at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday to discuss a bill that would enact qualified admissions standards at Board of Regents universities.
Proponents of qualified admissions are scheduled to address the committee Wednesday. Opponents will speak Thursday.
Chancellor Gene Budig is scheduled to address the committee as a SIA speaker.
Proponents say low retention rates and the high cost of educating unprepared students make qualified admissions necessary. Opponents say students in rural and low-income school districts would be disadvantaged because they have less access to college-preparatory curricula.
In a telephone poll Wednesday, committee members said they supported qualified admissions 5-3, with 3 members undecided.
The Legislature has considered enacting admissions standards since 1984.
School finance
The House Educa-
The House Education Committee will conduct hearings at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday to discuss Gov. Joan Finney's school finance proposal.
repealed sales-tax exemptions and reductions in the required balance.
The plan would levy a 45-mill statewide property tax for education. Property taxes would be lowered in 253 of 304 state school districts.
The governor's plan would create a $217 million shortfall. She proposes to make up the shortfall with revenues from video-lottery machines,
A court order requires the Legislature to equalize the quality of education throughout the state. The governor should also would make education more equal.
However, the governor's plan has been criticized strongly by Johnson County legislators, who say schools should be locally financed and administered.
Presidential primary
The Senate was scheduled to vote on the issue Thursday but delayed action because opponents of the priors were moving through the Senate too quickly.
tomorrow or Wednesday
State Sen. Lana Oleen, R-Manhattan, sponsored a bill to repeal the primary earlier in the session. The bill was in the Senate Elections committee.
The Legislature approved the revival of the presidential primary in its 1991 session but did not allocate the funds for the primary. Kansas' only presidential primary was in 1980.
Gov. Joan Finney's budget proposal would $1.5 million for the April Treasury
If the Legislature vote not to appropriate the money, counties would have to finance the vote.
County officials throughout the state say they do not budget the funds for a primary.
Compiled by: Jeff Meesev
County official to leave position
McKenzie to direct League of Kansas Municipalities
By Andy Taylor
Kansan staff writer
Although Douglas County Administrator Chris McKenzie is leaving the courthouse to work in Topeka, he says his ties to Lawrence will continue.
Reported by: Greg Farmer and Gayle Osterberg
"I thought this offer would provide unique and positive opportunities for working with local governments," he said. "I'll still be working on the same issues that I've been working on in Douglas County. The only difference is that I'll be working on a statewide level."
McKenzie announced Friday that he would resign to become executive director of the League of Kansas Municipalities.
If the county commission accepts
his resignation, McKenzie has day in
the sun on her resignation.
McKenzie said that he announced his resignation because of an offer from the league, a statewide association of city governments.
He earns $72,500 a year as county administrator and will earn $76,500 in his new position. he said.
McKenzie said that he and his family planned to stay in Lawrence.
"We like it here in Lawrence," he said. "It's a good place to live."
His wife, Sandra, is a KU professor of law administration. Their children, Katie and Andy, attend Lawrence schools.
MKenzie was an attorney for the league for six years before he began a law firm.
The League of Kansas Municipalities was started in 1910 by KU faculty members, and its first headquarters were on the Lawrence campus, he said.
McKenzie became the full-time Douglas County administrator in 1986, and was the only person to hold that position. His responsibilities included overseeing the financial and legal responsibilities of the county departments and consulting the Douglas County Commission on all county matters
County Commissioner Mike Amyx said McKenzie's resignation would be a big loss for the county.
"He's such a wealth of information," Amyxsaid. "His oral and written communications were always dependable, and he would never pull any surprises. I'm sure the league is looking for those qualities."
Amyx said that the county commissioners would discuss replacing McKenzie atattoday'smeeting.
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