Audit IDs security deficiencies in school accounting systems
Accounting systems for Kansas school districts, which manage billions in taxpayer money, are vulnerable to unauthorized access because of a lack of written policies...
Research analyst no longer at Education Department after calls for firing
A Manhattan school board member who came under fire for posting on social media that the fatal shooting of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was...
Two GOP gubernatorial candidates call for firing of state employee
Two major Republican candidates for governor - Senate President Ty Masterson and former Gov. Jeff Colyer - are calling for the state Education Department...
K-State employee criticized for supporting Hamas suspended, gubernatorial candidates say
A civil rights investigator at Kansas State University who has come under fire for public comments he made about supporting Hamas after it attacked...
University civil rights investigator’s Hamas comments draw fire
A civil rights investigator at Kansas State University who two years ago was sharply criticized for writing social media posts supporting Hamas after it...
State recouping more than $11 million in Medicaid funding for schools
The state is recouping a little more than $11 million in Medicaid funding provided to school districts after an error was discovered that led...
UPDATED: U.S. Education Department launches investigation of four Kansas school districts
(Updated to include comments from Democratic leaders in House and Senate and responses from school districts)
The U.S. Department of Education is launching an investigation...
U.S. Education Department unlocks school funding, including $42 million for Kansas
President Donald Trump's administration announced Friday it was releasing billions of dollars in school grants, including more than $42 million that had been withheld...
Audit questions using free school lunches to allocate at-risk school funding
Using the number of students who receive free lunches may no longer be the best way to allocate funding for public school students who...
State education board seeks to restore school security grants
The state school board wants the Kansas Legislature to restore a program intended to improve school security with better locks, security cameras and door barricades.
It...
