Below you will find some of the article that appeared online today from Kansas.com. For those of you that don't know, Kansas.com is the online source for the Wichita Eagle. I have only included those items that I felt applied to Kansas Family and Divorce Law. I will be providing additional updates as I find them or they become available.
Gay marriage guides session

The proposed constitutional amendment is one of only two measures passed so far by the Legislature.

BY STEVE PAINTER

Eagle Topeka bureau

TOPEKA - Gay marriage was at the forefront when lawmakers opened the 2004 session of the Kansas Legislature.
In just over three weeks, the House and Senate both conducted
lengthy hearings, debated the issue, then passed a proposed
constitutional amendment prohibiting gay marriage and civil unions.
Kansas voters will decide the issue April 5.
School funding
The House and Senate have approved competing plans to boost state
funding for schools, and action is possible on both bills this week.
Neither plan calls for higher taxes the first year, but the Senate
plan, which would provide a bigger funding boost, would require new
revenue in subsequent years.
The House's one-year, $103 million plan adds money for all students,
with extra funds targeted for students considered at risk of failing,
and for bilingual and special-education students. It decreases aid for
vocational education.
The Senate's three-year, $455 million plan would boost spending by
$166 million next year, and also targets at-risk, bilingual and
special-education students, but leaves vocational education alone.
The Legislature is working under the Kansas Supreme Court's Jan. 3 ruling that said schools are inadequately funded.
The court gave the Legislature until April 12 to increase funding
with an emphasis on helping at-risk, bilingual and special-education
students.
Breast-feeding
The House passed a bill saying, in effect, that it's OK for mothers
to breast-feed their babies wherever they have a legal right to be.
A Lawrence lawmaker introduced the bill after a mother was told to stop breast-feeding in the nursery of a health club.
The bill now goes to the Senate.
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