Author: David Hicks
Some Kansas school districts send board members to NSBA training
At least 25 state school board associations canceled their membership with the National School Boards Association (NSBA) after it labeled…
Lansing school board narrowly approves transgender policy
The Lansing USD 469 School Board adopted a transgender student policy at its December meeting, a year after the same…
Kansas legislative leaders reject governor’s renewed call for Medicaid expansion
Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson and House Speaker Dan Hawkins indicate Governor Laura Kelly’s latest effort to secure Medicaid expansion…
Progress made in Wetmore land transfers
The ongoing controversy over land once a part of the now-closed Wetmore Academic Center appears near resolution after agreement was…
Reforming Kansas Tax Policy: big economic boost and a $4.5 billion surplus
Kansas should follow the lead of neighboring states and enact sweeping tax relief and boost the economy next year, according…
Jackson Heights School District leaving KASB, citing political differences
Jackson Heights USD 335 is leaving the Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) saying KASB no longer reflects the district’s…
Kansas lawmakers discuss reform of civil asset forfeiture law
Standards of proof required for civil asset forfeiture, the process through which a law enforcement agency may seize and take…
LVCO superintendents lobby legislators and try to exclude board members
A decision to leave local school board members off an invitation list for Leavenworth County superintendents to lobby state legislators…
Maize School District targeted by U. S. Department of Education in shared ancestry investigation
Maize USD 266 has been advised by the federal Department of Education’s (DOE) Office for Civil Rights that it is…
Homeschooling jumps 57% in Kansas while public school enrollment declines
Calling it “the most detailed look to date at an unprecedented period of growth in American homeschooling,” the Washington Post has…
“First, Do No Harm:” Doctors group risks careers to tell the truth about pandemic, immunizations
Five Johnson County physicians are going public with what they maintain is the “truth” about COVID-19, the series of immunizations,…
KSBRC event attracts experts discussing ways to improve student achievement
With the theme of Improving Student Achievement by Changing Adult Behaviors, the Kansas School Board Resource Center (KSBRC) brought education…
KSBRC events focus on adult behaviors, communication skills, to improve student achievement
The Kansas School Board Resource Center (KSBRC) will host a pair of events in Wichita on November 8th and 9th,…
Kansas mom sues state cosmetology board over a sugaring licensing requirement
Sugaring, an ancient Egyptian form of hair removal that dates back 30,000 years, is at the center of a constitutional…
Education leaders, prosecutors weigh in on truancy, chronic absenteeism
Amid increases in chronic absenteeism, defined by the Kansas State Education Department (KSDE) as a student missing 10% of the…
Rumblings in WYCO indicate Unified Government not so unified
Discontent among member cities and a budget deficit approaching $1 billion has Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, and Kansas City, Kansas leaders…
Johnson County Election Office ordered to stop sending pre-filled ballot applications
Amid voter complaints and concerns for privacy, Secretary of State Scott Schwab ordered the Johnson County Election Office to halt sending…
K-12 bureaucracy ignores flaws in special education funding formula, calls for more money
Despite testimony that some K-12 funding related to special education (SPED) services is not counted toward SPED funding, the Kansas…
Group claiming to be moderate wants to protect education status quo
Declaring that rural communities in Kansas are threatened by school choice advocates, a group of former legislators have founded Kansans…
JOCO political parties active in non-partisan races this fall
Local elections, those for city councils and school boards, for example, are officially non-partisan contests in Kansas; candidates are not…
North Carolina becomes ninth state to approve universal school choice
North Carolina lawmakers have approved a sweeping expansion of its Opportunity Scholarship Program, providing more school choice for children in…
Microschool director preparing online guide to help others deal with regulatory issues
After successfully shepherding goats through Wichita city regulations, Katie Saiz is preparing a “how-to” guide to help other microschool leaders…
AG opinion on state law raises concerns about legal notices
A Kansas taxpayer is sounding an alarm about a recent opinion by Attorney General Kris Kobach, and its effect on…
House Speaker Hawkins plans to reduce property tax next year
Vowing that “we’re going to give tax relief”, Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins floated a property tax cut proposal to…