Tuition increases approved at four state universities
The Kansas Board of Regents on Thursday approved tuition rate increases for four of the state's universities while holding it flat for two others.
The...
Bill would track educational outcomes of foster children
The Kansas Senate on Thursday passed groundbreaking legislation that would track the educational achievement of thousands of foster children.
The bill, believed to be the...
Regents to consider new admission standard
Higher education officials this week will consider a plan for using GPA instead of class ranking as part of the admission requirements for most...
School security grants: How the money was distributed
The Kansas Board of Education has doled out $5 million in security grants approved by the Legislature this session.
This year's round of grants is...
UPDATED: Supreme Court upholds school finance plan
(Updated to reflect comments from Denning, Kelly, Hensley, Baumgardner, Pilcher-Cook with edits throughout)
A nearly decadelong legal battle over funding public education culminated Friday when...
Universities present tuition requests to Board of Regents
The state's higher education community on Wednesday presented its tuition proposals to the Board of Regents for fiscal year 2020.
The tuition requests cover full-time...
Supreme Court presses school district plaintiffs on funding
Kansas Supreme Court justices on Thursday pressed the school district plaintiffs on just how much money it would take to constitutionally fund public education.
They...
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...
Legislature approves new school funding plan: Next up Supreme Court
(Updated to reflect Senate approval of education plan)
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly won a key legislative victory Thursday when the Republican-controlled Legislature agreed on a...
House agrees to Senate school finance plan amid tense negotiations
After three days of sometimes testy and confrontational negotiations, House lawmakers agreed to accept the Senate's plan for funding public education to satisfy a...
