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Unions oppose employee rights with false claims re: Janus
Several labor unions opposed legislation to ensure public employees’ rights under Janus v. AFSCME was opposed by unions this week…
Remedial Ed audit finds systemic deficiencies in KS school system
A recently released state audit disclosed that about a third of Kansas high school graduates took at least one remedial…
JoCo officials setting residents up for a big property tax hike
Johnson County officials appear to be setting their residents up for a major property tax hike this year. Most residential…
KEMA overhaul protects due process, privacy, prevents mask mandates
A revision to the Kansas Emergency Management Act (KEMA) that would limit the ability of local governments and school boards…
Kansas teacher suspended over preferred pronouns sues district
A long-time teacher in Fort Riley is suing her district after being reprimanded and suspended for refusing to use a…
Emporia school board member sends police after parents
A member of the Emporia Board of Education allegedly attempted to have a member of the public arrested after disagreements…
18 Kansas teachers pledge to teach CRT tenets
Against a backdrop of schools oppose curriculum transparency and Parents Bill of Rights legislation, comes a reminder that 18 Kansas…
ONEA opposes parental notification on gender pronouns
ONEA, the Olathe chapter of the NEA teacher union, says parents should not be notified that their children wish to…
Gov. Kelly’s proposals create budget deficit in five years
A state General Fund budget profile, including Governor Kelly’s $1.2 billion handout to a single company, her other proposals, and…
Olathe super continues dodging questions about DEI, 1619 Project
Olathe school officials last year said they purged the school website of DEI resources and links, but the widely-debunked 1619…
Kansas legislation to target ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions
Earlier this month the Unified Government of Wyandotte County, which includes Kansas City, Kansas, approved the “Safe and Welcoming” ordinance…
Washington Post: expecting freedom is white supremacy
An opinion piece in the Washington Post last week declaring that expecting individual freedom is a “key component of white…
School officials oppose Parents’ Bill of Rights, transparency
A Parents Bill of Rights guaranteeing transparency and to be informed and involved in their children’s K-12 education was the…
Kansas school calls domestic terrorism a ‘right-wing’ issue
A 9th-Grade history assignment and discussion at Blue Valley West High School in Kansas asked students to explain “What is…
Eyebrow threading exemption approved for Kansas Senate vote
Practitioners of the ancient art of eyebrow threading may no longer have to spend thousands of dollars to get what…
‘Shall conduct needs assessment’ confuses K-12 officials
Two state senators last week bluntly rebuked the Kansas Association of School Boards and the United School Administrators when they…
Blue Valley, Olathe: open enrollment brings undesirable students
School officials’ rejection of an open enrollment bill in the Kansas legislature offers a rare glimpse of an elitist attitude…
Salina parents object to the district’s COVID segregation policy
Salina Public Schools have maintained they do not have an exclusion policy for students who are either unvaccinated or who…
Transparency works: 52% of local entities won’t increase property tax
Property tax transparency is working even better than proponents hoped, with 52% of local taxing authorities in Kansas deciding to…
Responsible Kansas Budget would control spending
As the Kansas Legislature weighs Governor Kelly’s budget proposals during the current session, the Kansas Policy Institute — which owns…
JCCC’s Bowne won’t explain his ‘equity of outcomes’ proposal
Johnson County Community College President Dr. Andy Bowne has upset some faculty members with his call for ‘equitable student outcomes.’…
NSBA wants schools to effectively have “one free rape”
The National Schools Boards Association (NSBA) and Fairfax County Public Schools want the U.S. Supreme to hear a case that…
K-12 opposition to computer science underscores need for choice
The lineup of people testifying for and against a proposal to make completion of a computer science course a graduation…
SB 347: $1 billion+ taxpayer subsidy for one mystery company
Governor Laura Kelly and her Commerce Department are behind Senate Bill 347 (SB 347), which could provide more than $1…