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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Your State Government (?) at Work (???)

I thought this rather important to post, since much of it is glossed over in the media, so here is the list of what passed and what failed in Kentucky’s General Assembly this session.

WHAT PASSED:

Justice:
Control corrections costs, improve treatment options for drug offenders (HB 463)
Optometry:
Allow optometrists to perform certain procedures now limited to ophthalmologists (SB 110)
Hunting, fishing:
Amend constitution to protect right to hunt and fish (HB 1)
Adult abuse:
Prevent people convicted of abusing adults from inheriting from their victims or managing their affairs (HB 52)
Bath salts:
Ban synthetic drugs now marketed as “bath salts” (HB 121)
Guardianship:
Streamline guardianship standards (HB 164)
Fireworks:
Legalize fireworks that explode or shoot into the air (HB 333)
Textbooks:
Establish procedures for correcting textbook errors (HB 464)
Sewers:
Allow creation of regional sewer authority in Louisville area (HB 26)
Permitting:
Streamline business-permitting process (SB 8)
School principals:
Give superintendents more say in hiring principals (SB 12)
Gambling:
State licensing of companies that allow phone or online wagering on Kentucky horse races (HB 387)

WHAT FAILED:

Medicaid:
Shore up this year's Medicaid budget (HB 305)
Adult abuse:
Create an adult-abuse registry (HB 101)
Methamphetamine
enforcement:
Require prescriptions for medications containing pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in meth (SB 45)
Immigration:
Give law enforcement greater authority to arrest illegal immigrants (SB 6)
Domestic violence:
Expand domestic-violence laws to protect dating couples (HB 35)
Payday loans:
Limit interest on payday loans (HB 182)
School dropouts:
Raise dropout age to 18 (HB 225)
School attendance:
Give children right to attend school closest to home, allow districts to establish charter schools (SB 3)

2 comments:

  1. Ah well. Raising the dropout age to 18 would never have gone over with teachers.

    OTOH, I doubt the education system will ever again permit parents to make crucial decisions about WHERE their children will be "educated". BTW, being educated is something that is done TO the child, while learning is an active effort.

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  2. You raise a good point, and one which I'm afraid is lost on many "educators" and parents alike.

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