2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (114+ words) WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Students at all but one public university in the state of Kansas will see tuition increases this fall. The Kansas Board of Regents approved the rates Wednesday. Emporia State University is the only four-year institution not increasing…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1749+ words) This article was originally published in Beacon: Kansas. For 22 years, Kansas leaders protected a law allowing some undocumented students to pay in-state tuition to attend the state’s public colleges, universities and technical schools. Those days are over. During the recently…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (384+ words) WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — In its 18 years of serving local students and their families, the Kansas Hispanic Education & Development Foundation has been able to guide hundreds of high schoolers and college students. The program has grown substantially since 2008, handing out around…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (299+ words) TOPEKA — The U.S. Department of Education told four Kansas school districts on Friday their gender-inclusive policies violate federal student protections. Kimberly Richey, assistant secretary for civil rights in the department, said Kansas City, Kansas Public School District, Olathe Public Schools,…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (333+ words) WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — School districts in the Wichita area are monitoring weather conditions Friday as severe storms threaten. El Dorado USD 490 said storms are predicted to arrive around dismissal time and because of that, school will let out two hours…...

5+ mon, 18+ hour ago   (853+ words) TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate failed to override vetoes targeting education policy in the state budget, stopping a plan to restructure the state assessment test system and reset score perimeters. Gov. Laura Kelly signed the state budget, House Bill 2513, but vetoed…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (494+ words) Kansas is poised to restrict race-related classroom instruction across the state’s public colleges, and at least one free expression group is calling on Gov. Laura Kelly to intervene. Last month, Kansas lawmakers added language to the budget that would ban…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (519+ words) TOPEKA — A federal judge tossed out most of the claims from a former University of Kansas student employee who was fired after he spoke out against changes to the campus’ LGBTQ+ residence hall. But one claim survived, leaving room for…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (294+ words) COLUMBUS, Kan. — A piece of legislation aimed at closing what investigators call a loophole in schools is one step closer to becoming law. Kansas House Bill 2762, originally co-sponsored by state representative Dale Helwig of Cherokee County, would change how “person…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (539+ words) TOPEKA — Legislators want the state of Kansas to pay local law students a stipend if they promise to practice in a rural part of the state upon graduation. They also want to repay the student loans of working rural attorneys....