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Thursday, March 6, 1975
University Daily Kansan
Student legislator
By Staff Photographer GEORGE MILLENER III
State Representative Frank Smith, D-Olatha, searches for a bill pertaining to rural medical care. Smith, a KU senior, is the
youngest member of the Kansas Legislature. He represents the only rural district in Johnson County.
New sick leave policy proposed
A sick leave policy requiring that no additional records on faculty work loads be kept, was endorsed by SenEx Wednesday and sent to committee for consideration.
The policy was developed by Mike Davis, University general counsel, as an alter-ego for the president of the board presided by University administrators and governance bodies. The current proposal has drawn criticism from both faculty and administrators who think it is too restrictive.
If passed, the current proposal would require that reports be made twice a month to faculty members and faculty members on matters related to jobs. The reports would be started when the University switched over to a biewey pay system, which is now recorded alone with payroll information.
Davis said in his alternative proposal that the original plan had two major problems: he needed to begin until the plan was approved, and then only at a rate of one day a month, and the proposed record keeping would take into consideration all a faculty member's responsibilities.
you that it is this assembly-line approach with its inherent assumptions (read "insults") about the way faculty members meet their responsibilities that has unintended consequences in a position to a policy among those who admittedly need some kind of protection."
Davis said in his proposal, "I needn't tell
Davis' proposal would only cover serious illnesses which prevent a faculty member from "substantially performing duties." He said short-term illness was already taken care of by colleagues who covered classes that a faculty member was forced to miss.
Davis said he had received no assurance that his plan would be approved by the Board of Regents, but had reason to be optimistic that the attorney general's office would agree with it. He has received no commitment from either office, he said.
Joel Gold, SenEx member, said the tone of the proposal was agreeable, especially a section emphasizing the professional nature of faculty members' work. He said the Faculty, Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities Committee (FRRP), of which he is a member, would most likely approve the proposal.
SenEx sent the proposal to FRPR and added its endorsement before passing it on.
Youngest representative has sweet time in house
In other action SenEx declined to provide, new names to Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, for a committee on space allocation. Instead it recommended that the existing committee system be used, and advised that if space allocation questions arose, a subcommittee from the Planning and Resources Committee could be used.
By RICHARD PAXSON Kansan Staff Reporter
TOPEKA-At AGE 22, Frank Smith, Olabe school, is the youngest member of the team. He was born that the only discrimination he had suffered because of his age was that he had to buy ice cream bars for fellow members of the House Agriculture and Livestock Com
"When an article on me appeared in a Lawrence paper," Smith said, "Chairman Vogel put me on the ice cream bar committee. I haven't taken as much kidding as I expected about my age. Mostly just stuff like Hi, how's the new kid?"
State Rep. Smith, a Democrat who represents Johnson County's only rural district, said the ice cream bar committee will approve the whole House. Members of the agriculture committee who receive "undue publicity" are directed by the committee's chairman, State Rep. John Vogel, R-Iowa, to buy ice cream bars for the committee.
Smith will complete a B.S. degree in social studies education this summer. He plans next to work on a master's degree in public administration.
Smith said he had decided to run for the legislature because he had long been interested in political science and because he had been dissatisfied with the performance of his Artur Gabriel, who had been seeking his fifth term as state representative.
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"Gabriel had served four terms and some people still didn't know who he was."
His fellow legislators were helpful in his transition from student to state government.
"It was easy to get into because of them," Smith said. "It's been a good learning experience. I say that in the first half of this year, we could much as in the last three years of school."
Many students have an unfavorable impression of the state legislature, he said, because they view it as a group of people concerned with unimportant issues.
But, Smith said, most of the legislators are dedicated and independent people who represent their constituents in a non-partisan manner. One-third of the legislators are under age 30 and one-half are under age 40, he said.
"I didn't think there would be as much
formality and prestige," Smith said. "I thought that the mickey lot was a lot more small time, but I lot more small time."
Smith said the legislature was working on the issues that involved his campaign promises. The House has already passed a bill providing for tax assessment of farm land on the basis of its potential to produce income, and three bills have been introduced to improve medical services in rural areas, he said.
Improved communication with the people of the district was another issue in his campaign, Smith said. He said he was meeting with civc groups several times a month and writing a column for the three weekly newspapers in his district.
Smith said he had criticized his opponent in the selection for missing important votes on the election.
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