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   (772+ words) KSHB 41 Kansas City KSHB 41 reporter Grant Stephens covers downtown Kansas City, Missouri He also focuses on stories of consumer interest It allocates funds to upgrade 32 campuses and nine charter schools.Planned upgrades include new playgrounds, HVAC systems, interior renovations and…...

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…...

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…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (307+ words) WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - An annual event geared toward developing leaders among high school students within a year or two of graduation is returning to Kansas State University’s campus for the first week of June (May 31-June 6). For those completing their…...

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   (881+ words) Kansas Schools Have Until September 2026 to Comply With the New Bell to Bell Phone Ban — the NuKase Offers a Fully Compliant Phone-Free Classroom Solution Kansas HB 2299: Phone-Free Schools and Bell-To-Bell Enforcement Governor Kelly framed the phone-free schools bill as a…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (628+ words) Starting this fall, Kansas will join at least 20 other states that ban student cellphones in K-12 classrooms statewide. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday signed into law a bipartisan bill that requires students to store their cellphones in a secure, inaccessible…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (667+ words) Mar 19, 2026 - 4:57pm Kansas will join at least 20 other states in banning cell phones in K-12 classrooms. Gov. Laura Kelly signed the ban into law on Thursday. Starting this fall, Kansas will join at least 20 other states that ban student cellphones in K-12 classrooms…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (324+ words) Cell phones will soon disappear from public school classrooms across Kansas. Gov. Laura Kelly on March 19 signed into law a cell phone ban that will affect thousands of public and private school students. At the beginning of the legislative session…...