Veto Session, Child Care Regulations and Budget

Posted in: Kansas

EXCERPT FROM: The Fort Scott Tribune
By Caryn Tyson
The legislature was off for a few weeks and started back this week with veto session. Veto session is supposed to be when bills that have been vetoed are worked. Instead, it has become a time when bills that didn't make it through regular session are worked.


Cunningham Says a Childcare Facility is Needed to Keep Families in Town

Posted in: Kansas

EXCERPT FROM: KWCH 12 Eyewitness News
By Kim Hynes
(WICHITA, Kan.) — No childcare, that's a problem many Kansas families living in small towns face.  It's gotten so bad, the town of Cunningham says its lost people.  And in a town of less than 500, they know it's a trend that needs to be reversed.  So the community is working to build a daycare facility.  And some say without it, the town's future could be in jeopardy.


New Child Care Regs Take Effect

Posted in: Kansas

EXCERPT FROM: The Topeka Capital-Journal
By The Capital-Journal
Changes in Kansas law that take effect Thursday will alter the way many of the state's day care facilities operate.


Governor Parkinson Forms Panel to Address Early Childhood

Posted in: Kansas

EXCERPT FROM: Lawerence Journal-World & 6News
By Scott Rothschild
Topeka — Gov. Mark Parkinson on Thursday issued an executive order to form the Kansas Early Childhood Advisory Council.


Kansas Governor Parkinson Signs Seven Bills

Posted in: Kansas

EXCERPT FROM: Kansas City InfoZine News
By Staff
Topeka, KS - infoZine - The signing of thse buills brings the total number of bills signed during the 2010 Legislative Session to 165.


Lexie's Law Passes In Kan. Legislature

Posted in: Kansas

EXCERPT FROM: KCTV 5 News
By KCTV STAFF
FAIRWAY, Kan. -- Lexie's Law passed in the early morning hours on Tuesday in the Kansas Legislature.


Child Care Bill Passes Senate

Posted in: Kansas

EXCERPT FROM: The Topeka Capital-Journal
By Barbara Hollingsworth
Parents still mourning the loss of their daughters moved closer to the finish line after months of work to make Kansas daycares safer.


House Studies Child Care Bill

Posted in: Kansas

EXCERPT FROM: The Topeka Capital-Journal
By Tim Carpenter
A House committee reopened debate Tuesday on a controversial proposal to require safety inspections of home day care centers.


Letter to the Editor on Child Care Bill

Posted in: Kansas

EXCERPT FROM: The Wichita Eagle
Pass child cae inspection bill
Kansas ranks 47th in the nation in child care standards. Currently, 1 in 3 child care settings in Kansas is never inspected. Given that 30 Kansas children have died in child care settings in the past three years and another 72 children have sustained serious injuries in the past year alone, it is time that all child care settings are inspected.


Child Care Bill Gets Nod

Posted in: Kansas

EXCERPT FROM: The Topeka Capital-Journal
By Barbara Hollingsworth
The Kansas Senate on Tuesday took a step toward requiring inspections of all home day cares.