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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, January 17. 1980
ASK officials happy with Carlin's budget proposals
By ANN SHIELDS Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Gov. John Carlirn's budget proposal was an encouraging way for members of the instituted Students of Kansas to begin the work that will lead to a legislative ASK officials said yesterday.
"We were thrilled to death because he included everything we wanted," Robin McClellan, KU director of the student lobbying group, said.
McCellen said she was surprised that Carlin recommended wage increases from $2.90 to $3.10, the federal minimum wage, for university student employees.
Carlin also supported increased faculty
salaries and state scholarship funding, which are ASK priority issues.
However, Carlin has yet to voice support for a landlord-tenant bill which McCelian said would demand the most work from KU lobbies.
"This is the one we're going to have to tight the hardest for," she said.
The bill, sponsored by State Rep. John Solbach, D-Lawrence, would allow tenants to get action on their complaints without going to court.
Under the new bill, if a landlord failed to respond to a tenant's formal request, the tenant could order and pay for the repairs himself.
He than would give a receipt for the
repairs and a check for his next month's rent to the city clerk, who would forward the rent minus the cost of the repairs to the landlord.
Only if the landlord contested the tenant's action would the complaint be heard in court.
"This, we hope, has enough safeguards built in for the landlords so it's a fair law," McClellan said.
The bill would limit repair costs to half of the tenant's regular rent, she said.
"So we're not talking about remodeling," she said. "I'm sure everyone knows how little can be done for $100."
Because 1980 is an election year, McCllan said, gaining support for the bill will
be difficult because legislators will be wary of wealthy landlords and powerful landlord associations.
"A lot of legislators would rather not see this bill come up, she said. "Although they support the principle in it, they would rather pass a bill that would allow them to allege their friends and supporters."
"But we can force their hand on this. I think, if we get enough support from the people."
the landlord-tenant proposal is in the House Judiciary Committee. Bob Bingman, executive director of ASK, said Mr. Bingman's proposal would elect all Democrats who would vote for the bill.
Ten votes are needed for the bill to reach the floor of the Kansas House.
Bingman said his organization also would work hard to increase money for building improvements that would make it more accessible and more accessible to handicapped people.
Although the Regents requested $2 million for repairs and handicapped accessibility state funding of the million of which would go to KU, Carlin proposed only $1 million for maintenance, repairs and handicapped accessibility state funding.
ASK also proposed that all graduate assistants be eligible for 100 per cent tuition waivers. Carlin requested 100 percent
waivers for teaching assistants only,
Bingaman said.
McCellan said ASK also wanted the Legislature to pay for non-student groups who used student unions.
While outside schools pay rent, students pay a $5 activity fee to support the Kansas Union. but organizations such as faculty and staff in Classified Senate pay nothing, she said.
Craig Templeton, KU representative to ASK, said KU representatives would join students from across the state in Topeka for a mass lobby day March 18-19.
"This will have a greater effect than just letting the legislators see our paid lobbyist," he said.
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