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Newman University Expands HERE Program, Bringing Bachelor’s Degree Opportunities to Students Across Kansas
3+ week, 2+ day ago (323+ words) Iola, Hutchinson and Colby, Kansas will have higher education opportunities available to students as soon as Fall 2026 WICHITA, Kan., August 20, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Newman University announced the expansion of the HERE program to three additional community colleges, including Allen Community…...
Undocumented Kansas High School Graduates Find Themselves Increasingly Targeted
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…...
Two Kansas City charter schools didn’t get permission to stay open. What happens now?
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1780+ words) In January 2025, Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy got bad news from its charter school sponsor, the Missouri Charter Public School Commission. The Kansas City school — founded in 1999, named after a local minister and focused on "entrepreneurial leadership” — wasn’t being invited to…...
Kansas governor vetoes bill requiring daily recess, annual fitness test of public school students
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…...
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoes private school tax credit program
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…...
Kansas governor’s veto stands, stopping proposed changes to education assessments
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…...
Kansas students to face punishment for protests after lawmakers override veto
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (515+ words) TOPEKA — Kansas public school students raising their voices in protest during school hours will need parental permission to leave school grounds to attend a rally or protest event after legislative action Friday. The House and Senate overrode Gov. Laura Kelly’s…...
Here’s where key Kansas education bills stand ahead of the legislature’s veto session
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (612+ words) Kansas lawmakers wrapped up the majority of their work at the end of March, including passing a number of bills related to schools. Here’s an update on some of those key bills ahead of lawmakers’ return to Topeka for the…...
Kansas governor must veto anti-DEI college bill, PEN America says
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…...
University of Kansas student’s First Amendment lawsuit against former supervisor clears legal hurdle
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…...