Facing a veto, school choice legislation facing a climb this session
When addressing the Legislature during her annual State of the State speech last week, Gov. Laura Kelly promised to veto any legislation redirecting tax...
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...
1776 PAC loses most Kansas races
A federal political action committee that vowed to fight the "left-wing assault" on the classroom saw a dramatic falloff in electing its Kansas candidates...
Movement underway to convene special ed task force
(Will be updated as warranted)
There is an effort underway to force a meeting of the special education task force that has not yet met...
Education Department: Audit statement on teacher background checks ‘misleading’
An audit used to call for a law requiring school districts to conduct fingerprint and criminal history investigations of teachers every five years is...
Supreme Court urged to keep oversight of school funding case
The plaintiffs in the school funding lawsuit are asking the state Supreme Court to keep oversight of the landmark education funding case, saying the...
Audit finds nearly a third of school Medicaid providers have no background check
A new report estimates that nearly a third of Kansas school district employees or contractors who provide Medicaid services to public school students may...
NEW: Kobach asks Supreme Court to give up jurisdiction in education case
Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach is asking the state Supreme Court to remove the state from court supervision in the landmark school funding case...
Audit says targeted school funding produces better results than blanket spending
It's not necessarily how much you spend on schools, but what you spend it on that matters, a new legislative audit suggests.
A new audit...
Neuenswander retiring from State Department of Education
Craig Neuenswander, the state's deputy education commissioner who oversees the division of fiscal and administrative services, will retire in December after more than 40...
