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- ↑ "Judiciary | Committees | Kansas State Legislature". www.kslegislature.org. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ↑ "Rules and Journal | Committees | Kansas State Legislature". www.kslegislature.org. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ↑ "Representative Fred Patton | Legislators | Kansas State Legislature". www.kslegislature.org. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ↑ "K-12 Education Budget - Committees - Kansas State Legislature". www.kslegislature.org.
- ↑ "Board Members / Seaman Board of Education". www.seamanschools.org.
- ↑ Rothschild, Scott. "Former KASB president, state Rep. Fred Patton, appointed chair of House K-12 – Kansas Association of School Boards".
- ↑ "Meet Fred Patton - Kansans for Fred Patton". Representative Fred Patton - Kansas House District 50.
