Regents: No hurry on community college service areas
Higher education officials on Wednesday showed no interest in making any quick changes to the service areas for the state's community college system.
Board of...
UPDATE: Legislature passes school finance bill, sends it to governor
A sharply divided Kansas Senate averted a politically disastrous shutdown early Sunday and passed a five-year, $525 million plan to fund education to meet...
Senate panel removes $120 million from governor’s education recommendations
A Senate committee has sliced roughly $120 million from the governor's budget recommendations for public schools, including money targeted for special education and adding...
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...
UPDATED: House approves bill expanding tax credit scholarships
(Updated to include comments from opponents and supporters)
The Kansas House on Thursday agreed to expand a state program intended to encourage school choice by...
New DEI battle new centers on higher ed budget; Comments from Regents’ chair draw...
The battle over diversity, equity and inclusion took a new twist this week when a Senate budget committee agreed to withhold $36 million from...
1776 PAC piles up election wins in Kansas, nationally
A national political action committee that backed candidates who opposed critical race theory won better than 75% percent of its races nationwide, including most...
Kelly signs schools budget, vetoes ‘no-bid’ gun surveillance program
Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday signed the new education budget but vetoed a provision allocating $5 million for school grants to equip buildings with...
State fire marshal takes over day care inspections; cites conflicting fire codes
The state fire marshal is taking control of inspections for Kansas child care providers in what he says is an effort to streamline the...
Universities warn lawmakers about implications of NCAA anti-trust settlement
Three major Kansas universities will be scrambling for money to keep their athletics programs competitive under a proposed class-action settlement that could force them...
