With Election Day less than a month away, Republican Ty Masterson and Democrat Cindy Holscher continue to focus on education and property taxes on the campaign trail.
The top priority in the annual examination of the Kansas Board of Regents’ strategic plan for higher education will be development of a framework for responsible use of AI in student teaching, academic research and administrative oversight.
Help from KU and funding are allowing Kansas school districts to study ways to use AI in classrooms.
The Kansas State Board of Education is pushing ahead with drafting recommendations for public school districts on use of technology in classrooms and crafting a potential mandate that local school boards implement policies controlling student access to computers.
An August constitutional amendment vote would give voters the ability to directly pick Kansas Supreme Court justices. Critics say the ripple effects for issues such as abortion and school funding could be massive.
Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill mandating public schools administer fitness tests to students and require 30 minutes of unstructured recess for elementary students. The Kansas Legislature had flexed its political muscle to approve it.
A Kansas task force is running out of time to craft a new public school funding formula, which the Legislature and the state’s next governor must agree upon before the current framework expires.
A requirement that Kansas high school students pass a civics test before graduation is closer to being a reality after the House gave its approval Thursday. The bill now moves to the governor’s desk.
Gov. Laura Kelly told Legislators Monday to focus on fully funding special education and to prioritize public schools instead of giving tax credits for youths attending private schools.
Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill that would’ve ended the state’s longstanding policy of offering in-state college tuition rates to Kansas high school graduates, regardless of their citizenship status.
