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Thursday, March 9. 1989 / University Daily Kansan
House approves tuition hike
by John P. Milburn Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA - On the final day to approve bills sponsored in the House, representatives yesterday addressed measures for community colleges, elderly abuse and election reform.
A bill passed would raise tuition at the 19 community colleges in Kansas during the next five years.
The measure would increase the minimum tuition price $1 for each credit hour during each of the next five years. For fiscal year 1990, tuition would be not less than $15 a credit hour.
Tunion or out-of-state and foreign students would not be less than 2½ times the in-state tuition, or not less than $55 a credit hour, depending on which was greater. Military person would be charged $56 a credit hour.
The House also passed a bill that would provide protective services for abused elderly Kansans. It provides for a method of reporting abuse inflicted while under the care or supervision in the elderly's home or that of a relative.
Physical or mental abuse would be reported to the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, and a report would be filed. An evaluation would be conducted by a SRS worker to determine if abuse has taken place. A guardian could be appointed to protect the interest of the elderly.
"The bill is intended to protect older persons who can't protect themselves." said State Rep. Carol Sader, D-Prairie Village.
She said most of the cases of elderly abuse in the United States involved women older than 75. An American Medical Association report said that one in 10 elderly people were abused regularly. One in 25 are victims of moderate to severe abuse, she said.
The House gave final approval to a bill that made sweeping changes to the financing of elections. The bill limits contributions from political action committees to $500 in a local primary or general election by any one group and $2,000 in a statewide election.
Two other election bills passed dealt with the retention of election judges and requiring independent candidates to obtain nearly 8,000 signatures to get on a statewide ballot.
"A few years ago we closed the door to third-party candidates," said State Rep. Michael Sawyer, D-Wisconsin, who close the process to independents."
He said that unlike Republicans and Democrats, independents did not have the option of paying a filing fee to set their names on the ballot.
A bill was also passed that would suspend the driver's license of a high school dropout until age 18, until he or she is graduated with a graduate equivalency program.
Yesterday's debate ended when the House moved to send several bills back to committees with immunity. Bills from these committees do not have a deadline for passage. All bills were required to be passed out of their house of origin or they were killed.
A bill that would provide financing of highway construction was sent to
by John P. Milburn Kansan staff writer
Kansas House uses antics to relieve tension
TOPEKA — Pressure of deadlines can get the best of everyone. Tuesday and yesterday the Kansas House found creative ways to release tension.
Tuesday morning, the House became bogged down on the issue of requiring independent candidates to obtain nearly 8,000 signatures to get on a statewide ballot. One by one supporters came to the front of the chamber to explain why the bill was important to the state.
Afternoon discussions progressed similarly, with representatives coming to the podium soliciting support for their bills. This time as they spoke, a handful of Republicans held up signs that read "Very Important."
Yesterday, the entire Democratic delegation displayed the signs, much to the amusement of the rest of the chamber. But the Republicans responded during the afternoon with signs of "Trivial."
During the final vote concerning independent candidates, a call was placed for State Rep. Michael Peterson, D-Kansas City. His presence was sought when the vote was 63-61 in favor.
the calendar and Rules Committee. The move was made to give the House more time to consider the bill Members of the house have said that support for the program may be
Speaker of the House Jim Braden placed a call to Peterson's office in the capital and to his office in Kansas City. Both contended that he was at the other place.
Braden told the House that Peterson could not be found and no one knew where he was. The saga drew laughter on both sides of the aisle.
During the search, the House played games switching their votes from yea to nay and back again. The final vote total was 66-58 in favor of the bill.
What was simple in principle caused amusement and frustration both days.
State Rep. Bill Bryant, R-Washington, presented a bill that would require the Department of Transportation to install "rumble strips" to alert drivers of railroad crossings.
A mistake in the wording of the amendment required the House to approve the correction to the amendment. Yesterday an amendment to the amendment to the amendment was needed to further clarify the bill.
When Braden tried to guide the House through the process once more, the tired representatives holdered the opposite of what Braden said. Still, the bill was finally amended correctly and passed to the Senate.
difficult to obtain. Concerns include the state's ability to finance the multibillion dollar program.
A bill that would impose a mandatory prison sentence for persons
selling drugs to minors or within the proximity of schools was sent back to the Federal and State Affairs Committee. The House spent two days debating and amending the bill
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