Tag: transparency
Kansas Open Records exemption allows elected officials to avoid scrutiny
Changes to the Kansas Open Records Act intended to close a loophole preventing the use of private emails to circumvent…
School Choice advocates hope wins in West Virginia, Arizona, encourage Kansas legislature
School Choice supporters in Kansas are applauding a pair of recent victories in West Virginia and Arizona that they hope…
Louisburg superintendent, school board face backlash over lack of transparency
It’s been a summer of discontent among Louisburg USD 416 patrons over recent actions by its superintendent and school board…
Legislators ridicule KASB deception, praise Virginia governor’s honesty
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s bleak but refreshingly honest end-of-the-school-year report on K-12 education in the commonwealth focused on many of…
Shawnee City Council overrules mayor, staff in property tax increase
A new conservative majority on the Shawnee City Council flexed its muscle and recently approved a cut of two mills…
School districts use ‘go-away’ prices on records requests to avoid transparency
Fox News reports that parents across the country pursuing transparency are being charged exorbitant amounts by school districts in response…
JOCO commissioner Allenbrand action raises transparency questions
A meeting called by Johnson County commissioner Shirley Allenbrand in which another commissioner was disinvited and other stakeholders advised not…
Poll shows majority of Kansans support curriculum transparency
According to a new poll provided to The Daily Wire, an overwhelming majority of registered voters in Kansas and three…
Butler County Community College continues to fail transparency test
For the second time in as many years, it has taken pointed questions from the Sentinel to get the Butler…
Masterson vows override efforts on PBR, fairness vetoes
Senate President Ty Masterson criticized Governor Laura Kelly’s vetoes of the Parents’ Bill of Rights, Fairness in Women’s Sports Act,…
Deleted tweet reveals KNEA, ONEA opposition to transparency
The Kansas National Education Association and its Olathe chapter, ONEA, came out in opposition to transparency legislation that requires school…
USD 231 superintendent Pam Stranathan gets $425k gift from taxpayers
Student achievement steadily declined in Gardner-Edgerton under Superintendent Pam Stranathan. The district consciously misled legislators, Stranathan asked county commissioners to…
Trustees: Butler County Community College fails transparency test
ELDORADO — Two Butler County Community College trustees say they routinely have trouble getting information to which they are entitled.…
KDHE rejects request for COVID death certificate info
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment last week rejected a Kansas Open Records Act request submitted by the Kansas…
Osage County commissioners ignore questions about no-bid contract
Osage County Commissioners Fred Diver, Gaylord Anderson, and Ken Kuykendall have refused to answer questions about a no-bid contract to…
Gov. Kelly shuts down legislator’s COVID transparency inquiry
For the second time in less than a month, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly shut down a discussion and refused to…
City council members refuse to answer questions on $75 million Wichita baseball stadium
Following news of a professional baseball team failing in Kansas City, Kansas and owing at least $550,000 to local government,…