1+ week, 3+ day ago   (501+ words) The lawsuit comes more than a year after the Education Department first said it was investigating four districts in Kansas following a complaint from the Defense of Freedom Institute. The conservative group's complaint alleged the schools had policies preventing disclosure…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (64+ words) Smaller community pools could close in the future following Monday night's Overland Park City Council decision. The city is shifting to prioritize a regional pool model rather than reinvesting in community pools. Smaller community pools could close in the future…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (559+ words) TOPEKA — President Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Justice sued the state of Kansas on Wednesday, asking a federal judge to tear down the law that allows college students without lawful immigration status to receive in-state tuition. The DOJ argued…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (59+ words) Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach won't defend a state law on in-state tuition benefits for immigrants from a federal lawsuit by Donald Trump's DOJ. Kris Kobach won't defend Kansas tuition law in Trump DOJ lawsuit The U.S. Department of Justice and…...

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, 1+ week ago   (507+ words) TOPEKA — A Kansas advocacy organization sounded an alarm about a report indicating 10,300 children in low-income families across the state stopped receiving food aid since President Donald Trump signed sweeping federal legislation nearly one year ago. Kansas Appleseed, a nonpartisan organization…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (674+ words) Senate President Ty Masterson and Gov. Laura Kelly agree on the value of recess for elementary students and annual fitness testing in first through 12th grades, but the governor vetoed the bill because the Kansas State Board of Education is responsible…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (146+ words) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed eight bills on Monday, including House Bill 2468. House Bill 2468, also called the Education Freedom Tax Credit, would have expanded Kansas' tax credit scholarship program for private schools and, in turn, expanded tax…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (852+ 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…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1018+ words) TOPEKA — Republican leaders of the Kansas Legislature relied on an arsenal of parliamentary procedure that frustrated Democrats seething about a bill forcing transgender people to use public bathrooms and obtain driver’s licenses matching their sex assigned at birth. How Kansas…...