Judicial selection amendment could ravage rural Kansas communities. School funding is at stake.

By: John Doll, Mary Jo Taylor

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 1,005

Last Updated: 4 days, 10 hours ago


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As former elected officials with 16 years of experience in the Kansas Legislature and more than 50 years working with parents and children in our public schools — from Belle Plaine to Stafford and from Haviland to Garden City — we want to highlight how Kansas school children and rural communities could be affected by the constitutional amendment on the ballot Aug. 4.

This amendment would establish direct elections …