August 8, 2026

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Tag: Senate Education Committee

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Bill would require districts to check eligibility for school-wide free lunch

In addition to changes to the “Innovative School District” program in the recently passed HB 2402, there were also changes to Kansas’s…

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SB 427 would give school board members tools to improve transparency and accountability

School board members would no longer be restricted to whom they could speak on district issues, nor be barred from…

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‘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…

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Conference Committee To Hash Out School Funding Legislation

A conference committee will hash out the differences between Kansas House and Senate school funding legislation. There will not be…

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