Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB265 Compare Versions

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1	1	Session of 2025
2	2	SENATE BILL No. 265
3	3	By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
4	4	2-13
5	5	AN ACT concerning days of commemoration; designating November 14
6	6	of each year as Ruby Bridges walk to school day in the state of Kansas.
7	7	WHEREAS, Kansas was at the epicenter of the landmark United States
8	8	Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which was
9	9	decided on May 17, 1954, and in such case the Supreme Court handed
10	10	down the unanimous decision that racially segregated public schools
11	11	violated the 14
12	12	th
13	13	Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; and
14	14	WHEREAS, The Kansas Senate passed Senate Resolution No. 1756
15	15	and the Kansas House of Representatives passed House Resolution No.
16	16	6047 commemorating 2024 as the 70
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18	18	anniversary of the Brown v. Board
19	19	of Education of Topeka decision that made public school segregation
20	20	illegal in the United States; and
21	21	WHEREAS, The Kansas legislature passed Senate Resolution No.
22	22	1703 during the 2024 special session recognizing November 14, 2024, as
23	23	Ruby Bridges walk to school day in the state of Kansas; and
24	24	WHEREAS, Ruby Nell Bridges is an American activist who became a
25	25	symbol of the civil rights movement at age six when she was the youngest
26	26	African American student designated to integrate public schools; and
27	27	WHEREAS, Artist Norman Rockwell celebrated the courage of Ms.
28	28	Bridges in 1964 in a painting entitled "The Problem We All Live With"
29	29	that depicted Ms. Bridges' first day of school, which made Ms. Bridges the
30	30	national icon for desegregation; and
31	31	WHEREAS, Ms. Bridges' experience has been depicted in various
32	32	media, including the 1998 Disney movie entitled "Ruby Bridges" and Ms.
33	33	Bridges' own book, "Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story." The
34	34	American Library Association reports a record number of demands to
35	35	censor library books and other materials, including Ms. Bridges' book; and
36	36	WHEREAS, The Kansas Senate joined the children of Kansas in
37	37	welcoming Ms. Bridges to Topeka on November 14, 2024, on the 70
38	38	th
39	39	anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision; and
40	40	WHEREAS, Students, teachers and school staff across the county
41	41	participate in Ruby Bridges walk to school day on November 14 of each
42	42	year to honor Ms. Bridges through dialogue, commemorating her historic
43	43	steps and taking part in their own forms of activism to bring an end to
44	44	racism and bullying.
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81	81	Now, therefore:
82	82	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
83	83	Section 1. November 14 of each year, the same being the anniversary
84	84	of Ruby Bridges' first day attending William Frantz elementary school, is
85	85	hereby designated as Ruby Bridges walk to school day in the state of
86	86	Kansas. Any year in which November 14 falls on a Saturday or Sunday,
87	87	Ruby Bridges walk to school day shall be commemorated on the following
88	88	Wednesday.
89	89	Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
90	90	publication in the statute book.
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