UPDATED: State school board rejects delaying school year
(Updated to include more reporting with edits throughout)
The Kansas Board of Education on Wednesday set aside Gov. Laura Kelly's executive order delaying the opening...
Meet the new school funding formula task force
The appointments to the new committee that's charged with making recommendations for a new school finance formula are now complete.
Leading lawmakers and the Kansas...
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...
Hearing on new school choice bill gets feisty
The debate over a new school choice bill turned feisty at times Monday as lawmakers debated a proposal that would allow Kansas schoolchildren to...
Education bill falls vote short in Senate
Public education advocates on Friday prevailed in their efforts to sideline a broad education bill they said would benefit private schools at the expense...
Legislative audit focuses on spending in one or two school districts
A legislative committee on Tuesday ordered a limited scope audit of possibly two school districts to determine whether they're spending complies with state law.
The...
House panel recommends $500 million for schools
A House committee early Wednesday evening recommended spending about $522 million more on schools to meet a Kansas Supreme Court ruling that found the state was...
School plaintiffs ID error in education funding plan, back away from legislation
The group of schools suing over public education funding has identified what it believes is an error in Gov. Laura Kelly's plan to comply...
Lawmakers consider cellphone ban in schools
Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban students from using cellphones during normal school hours in an effort that supporters say will...
House panel approves constitutional amendment; Senate to debate education plan Thursday
The battle over education funding escalated Wednesday when a House panel approved a constitutional amendment giving the Legislature exclusive authority to decide whether Kansas...
