The Kansas State Board of Education responded to my lawsuit on Dec. 9, voting once again to deny me a teacher's license. Here's the T C-J report. A few points:
1. There are felons teaching in the Kansas public schools today. One of them was honored with a "Teacher of the Year" award 2 years ago.
2. This BOE licensed a felon a few months ago.
3. The BOE must find a felon is "rehabilitated for a period of 5 years" before issuing a license.
4. Six votes are needed from this 10 member Board to obtain a license. Four members voted to license me. Two of the 6 who voted to deny me spoke on the record saying they were satisfied I was rehabilitated. The two did not explain the inconsistency in their vote.
5. My recourse is to go back to Court and ask the Judge to find that the BOE decision is not supported by the evidence. I'll probably do this next week.
6. I feel like Red (the Morgan Freeman character) in The Shawshank Redemption who went before the State Parole Board every year, said the right things, did the right things, patronized them and was denied for parole. Finally, he said what was in his heart, cussed repeatedly, insulted them and, lo and behold, had his parole approved. The scene is worth revisiting.
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