Rep. Steve McLuckie, D-Kansas City, is one of the committee's co-chairs. He said he wants the committee to offer school districts an alternative to simply expelling students with behavioral or other problems.
Co-sponsor Steve McLuckie, D-Kansas City, said that the main constraint on the bill was time. "We were in a hurry. Gary (Witt, House Judiciary Committee chairman) wanted this today," McLuckie said.
Co-sponsor Steve McLuckie, D-Kansas City, agreed. ``We have gone away from the populist idea of the petition process,'' he said. ``The purpose was originally for citizens of the state to get things on the ballot but moneyed interests circumvent the legislative process.
Steve McLuckie, D-Kansas City, said he co-sponsored the bill because of public perception. ``People see lobbyists as having a leg up on average constituents,'' McLuckie told the committee.
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