Two Emporia legislators received “A’s” and one received a “D” when the Kansas Citizens for Higher Education announced its Higher Education Honor Roll this week.
The “report cards” were based on votes cast in the 2007 and 2008 sessions of the state legislature.
State Sen. Jim Barnett and State Rep. Don Hill each received an “A,” while State Rep. Peggy Mast received a D from the group.
Hill tallied a 93 percent for his votes on 23 issues the group deemed critical to higher education, while Barnett followed close behind with 92 percent. KCHE gave Mast a 63 percent for her votes on the designated issues.
Joe Humerickhouse of Osage City and Tom Moxley of Council Grove each received a B, with scores of 89 percent. Bill Otto of LeRoy in Coffey County received an F, with a 50 percent score. Donald Dahl of Hillsboro, who represents Chase County, also received an F and a 50 percent.
State Sen. Peggy Palmer of Augusta, who represents Greenwood County, scored an F with a 38 percent ranking.
The issues considered include deferred maintenance, annual budgets, grant funding, scholarships, faculty salaries and other items.
According to a news release from Bill Musgrave on behalf of the group, fewer than half — 74 — of Kansas’ 165 legislators made the honor roll by voting 80 percent or more of the time on the priority issues, Musgrave said.
Twenty-eight of the Senate’s 40 members received an A or a B, six were given Cs, three received Ds and three senators flunked, Musgrave said.
The group endorsed all of the honor roll legislators for re-election.
Former 16th District Representative, Jim Lowther of Emporia, is listed as a founder of Kansas Citizens for High Education on the group’s Web site. KCHE’s headquarters are in Lenexa.
situveux1 (anonymous) says...
"The issues considered include deferred maintenance, annual budgets, grant funding, scholarships, faculty salaries and other items."
Let's see, how many times can we say give us more money or we'll flunk you?
October 26, 2008 at 12:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )