Senate panel votes down school choice bill
A Senate committee on Wednesday voted down school-choice legislation that would have provided tax credits for schoolchildren enrolled in private schools or home schools.
The...
Senate passes NRA-based gun safety program
The Senate has approved a bill requiring the state school board to establish curriculum guidelines for a standardized firearm safety education program that would...
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...
House panel approves school-choice bill
School-choice legislation got off the ground Wednesday when a House committee approved a bill allowing Kansas schoolchildren to use state aid to attend a...
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...
School choice debate gets started at Capitol
The debate over school choice opened in earnest at the Capitol on Wednesday with a proposal to expand a program that offers state tax credits...
Judge blocks part of school district pronoun policy
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Kansas school district policy that bars teachers from revealing to parents that a student has requested to...
Senate passes ‘parents bill of rights;’ governor denounces legislation
The Kansas Senate Tuesday approved a "parents bill of rights" that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly characterized as a "teacher demoralization act."
Kelly told reporters Tuesday...
Senate approves open enrollment bill
The Kansas Senate on Tuesday approved a bill allowing students to more freely move from one school district to another as part of a...
Watson remark referenced Indians ‘raiding the town’
Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson related how he told his cousins from California how they should worry more about Indians "raiding the town" than...
