Excerpt from The Kansas Educational Commission: Recommendations as to Needed Legislation for the Public Schools of Kansas Proposed by the Educational Commission Bulletin, December, 1908
While we are justly proud of the educational system of this state, and feel that the schools of Kansas compare favorably with those of any other state, nevertheless a study of the school laws reveals many defects. At the same time, the needs of our rapidly developing system of schools are such as to demand new legislation on many important subjects. Therefore, at the meeting of the State Teachers' Association, December, 1907, the following resolution was adopted:
"Resolved, That the State Teachers' Association of Kansas hereby requests the governor to appoint a commission of seven members, at least five of whom shall be actively engaged in the work of public education in the state, to investigate carefully present educational conditions and to recommend such legislation as in its judgment is most needed. Be it further
"Resolved, That $300 of association funds be and are hereby appropriated to meet the necessary expenses of said commission in performing its duties."
In compliance with this request, Governor Hoch, in February, 1908, appointed the following Commission: E. T. Fairchild, state superintendent of public instruction, chairman ex officio; Supt. L. A. Lowther, Emporia; Hon. J. W. Gleed, Topeka; Supt. R. F. Knight, Wichita; Supt. W. D. Ross, Peabody; Prin. W. S. Pate, Cherokee; and Co. Supt. A. J. Stanley, Lincoln.
Kansas is not alone in this attempt to study carefully the needs of her schools with a view to recommending necessary legislation. The following states have educational commissions, in most instances appointed in compliance with a resolution of the legislatures: Illinois, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Washington, Kentucky and Kansas.
As intimated, the school laws of this state are, indeed, a sort of patchwork, presenting, as they do, lack of harmony and continuity.
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