Legislation
Education establishment hostile to accreditation requirement to follow state law(The Sentinel) – The Kansas education establishment is pushing back hard against a bill that simply requires districts to comply with state law or lose accreditation. The Kansas House K-12… Read More
Culture
Kansas 4-H declines to answer questions about controversial transgender housing policy(The Sentinel) – Kansas State University Research and Extension is refusing to say whether a controversial transgender housing policy remains in effect. As the Sentinel reported in late 2022, the housing policy at… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school funding exceeds $20,000 per student adjusted for cost of living(The Sentinel) – New data from the Kansas Department of Education show school funding was $17,650 per student in the 2023 school year, but adjusted for the cost of living, spending… Read More
Public Education
School districts in Kansas alone sit on $1.25 billion in operating cash reserves(The Sentinel) – New data from the Kansas Department of Education show school districts collectively added $68 million to their operating cash reserves in the last school year, bringing the… Read More
Courts
Pennsylvania settlement allows parents to opt students out of SEL(The Sentinel) – In a victory for parents, America First Legal recently announced a settlement agreement in a lawsuit it filed earlier this year against the… Read More