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The House and Senate override the Governor's first veto of the session. |
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| RunTime: | 0:33 |
| OutCue: | SOC |
Wrap: The Governor vetoed a bill prohibiting a district's superintendent from seeking election to any school board which previously hired the superintendent.
Kansas City Democratic Senator Jason Holsman opposed the bill.
| Actuality: | HOLZ.WAV |
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| Run Time: | 00:11 |
| Description: If you have a bad actor in your district and you want to target that I don't have a problem with that, but I have a problem with you telling my superintendents that they can't run for school board in my district. So I don't like that this is applied statewide. | |
Lawmakers in both chambers say they plan to repeal part of the bill with other upcoming legislation.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Hannah Knight.
| Intro: |
The Governor has suffered his first veto overide by the legislature. |
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| RunTime: | 0:31 |
| OutCue: | SOC |
Wrap: The bill prohibits superintendents from serving on a school board that hired them.
St. Louis County Democrat Gina Mitten says they are concerned about what this means for current school board members who have also served as a superintendent in the past.
| Actuality: | MIT.WAV |
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| Run Time: | 00:10 |
| Description: That basically means that it is an automatic term limit for somebody just because they used to hold a job. Maybe twenty years ago you worked as a superintendent and this bill says you can never run as school board. | |
The bill will not apply to current school board members.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Hannah Knight.
| Intro: |
The Governor's first veto of the session is overridden by the legislature. |
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| RunTime: | 0:38 |
| OutCue: | SOC |
Wrap: The bill prohibits a superintendent from running for that same district's school board.
Republican Representative Delus Johnson voted to override the veto, but says he is working on legislation that would require a cooling off period before superintendents can run.
| Actuality: | JOHN.WAV |
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| Run Time: | 00:13 |
| Description: I think we need a cooling off period. It's not in this bill. But if we cannot do it this year I will continue to do that next year to insure that we have a cooling off period for the superintendent cause I know there are a lot of great superintendents out there that want to be on a school board. | |
Nixon's veto letter he said the law should encourage people to run for office instead of prohibiting them.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Hannah Knight.