Bill increasing school days draws opposition from public school advocates
Public school advocates turned out in force to oppose a Republican state lawmaker's proposal to add more days and hours to the school year.
Republican...
Senate passes civics test requirement
The Kansas Senate on Wednesday night passed a bill requiring Kansas students to pass an American civics test to graduate from high school.
However, the...
UPDATED: Federal funding cuts detailed for state education board
(Updated to include how the freeze affects school districts in Olathe, Wichita, Shawnee Mission, and Kansas City)
The federal government is withholding more than $42...
School funding plaintiffs: New education finance bill unconstitutional
A new law allocating $536 million more to education over five years continues the Legislature's pattern of underfunding Kansas schools, the plaintiffs in the...
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...
Senate agrees to expand school choice tax credits
The Kansas Senate on Tuesday agreed to expand a state program intended to encourage school choice by awarding tax credits for donations to private...
Lawmakers seek to expand private school scholarship program
Lawmakers are renewing the debate over how much the state should subsidize private education with a program that trades tax credits for private school...
Legislature passes bill requiring civics exam for high school graduation
A bill requiring students enrolled in the ninth grade or above to pass a test on the principles of American civics is headed to...
UPDATED: State asks Supreme Court to dismiss school funding lawsuit; plaintiffs say not...
(Updated with contents from plaintiffs' briefs and links to the documents.)
The state of Kansas on Monday asked the state Supreme Court to end the...
Senate Republicans question value of education funding study
Senate Republicans tried to regroup Tuesday to find a path forward following a study that recommended spending up to $2 billion more on schools.
The...
