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Education establishment hostile to accreditation requirement to follow state law
The Kansas education establishment is pushing back hard against a bill that simply requires districts to comply with state law…
Olathe superintendent touts “rebranding” in an era of declining test scores
USD 233 Olathe does not permit school board members to conduct annual needs assessments to improve student outcomes as required…
Kansas 4-H declines to answer questions about controversial transgender housing policy
Kansas State University Research and Extension is refusing to say whether a controversial transgender housing policy remains in effect. As…
SE Kansas Community Health Center got political to defeat Value Them Both amendment in 2022
“Are you registered to vote?” was added to “First, do no harm” in the lexicon of medical professionals, including the…
Prairie Village mayor won’t substantiate constitutionality of proposed ethics code changes
Proposed changes to the Prairie Village code of ethics would restrict elected officials’ private speech and subject them to public…
School Choice rally brings cheering supporters to State Capitol
An estimated crowd of over 150 renewed their call for Kansas to join the growing ranks of states offering School…
Nearly 60% of Kansans favor single tax rate: poll
Americans for Prosperity – Kansas (AFP-KS) has released a poll showing a bipartisan coalition of taxpayers strongly supports replacing the…
KSBRC to host the first in a monthly series of school board member training
The Kansas School Board Resource Center (KSBRC) will offer a free online training workshop for school board members on Wednesday,…
Low-income families save more on the flat tax proposal than with Gov. Kelly’s plan
Low-income families fare much better under the flat tax proposed this week by the Kansas House and Senate leadership team…
NCTQ: five policies to improve teacher effectiveness in the science of reading
Sounding the alarm that 37% of fourth-grade students in the United States (40% in Kansas) cannot read at grade level,…
‘Broadband Ready’ program should take a note from Missouri
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is lauding her new “Broadband Ready” program as a new general election season begins, touting a…
Special Education Task Force recommends more funding without required study
Legislation that created the Special Education Task Force directs it to “study and make recommendations for changes in the existing…
Survey: Bipartisan majorities in JOCO want education savings accounts
In our current political climate, it seems nearly impossible to get Democrats and Republicans to agree on what day it…
Governor’s office declines questions about expensive EV charging stations
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s office has declined to answer questions about a very expensive series of EV charging stations in…
Kansas has the most domestic migration loss among neighboring states
Kansas had the worst record in 2023 among bordering states on domestic migration, as more U.S. residents moved out-of-state than…
House, Senate leaders look ahead to 2024 Kansas legislative session
Will Kansans see a flat tax, property tax reform, and school choice in 2024? How about Medicaid expansion? What to…
Audit identifies concerns about state economic development incentives
A new report from the Kansas Division of Legislative Post Audit identifies serious deficiencies in several economic development incentive programs…
Kansas Chamber poll: business leaders call for tax cuts, improving competitiveness in 2024
A year-end poll of 300 Kansas business leaders finds tax cuts, making the state’s economy more competitive, and workforce development…
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…
Point Forward child care grant raises questions about procedure
Earlier this year, the Crawford County Commission awarded more than $700,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funding to Point Forward,…
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…
Lawrence man sues city, library over First Amendment violation
A Lawrence man is suing the Lawrence City Commission, the commissioners individually, the Lawrence Public Library, and several library employees…
Appeals court slams pre-signed quarantine orders
Kansans won a significant legal victory earlier this year, when the State Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal by Shawnee…
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…