Public Education
Former Kansas elementary teacher pleads no contest to charges of taking indecent liberties with a child(The Sentinel) – Jerome Riscovallez, 55, a former Henry Leavenworth Elementary School teacher, avoided trial later this month by entering two pleas of no contest to charges… Read More
Kansas
Seven members of Kansas Board of Education vote to reduce proficiency standards(The Sentinel) — Last year, 22% of 8th-graders were proficient in English Language Arts (reading) on the Kansas state assessment. This year, 46% are proficient as a result of new… Read More
Gender Identity
Kansas school district issues transgender policy, testing state law that banned males from female sports(The Sentinel) – In a challenge to Kansas state law, Lawrence USD 497 has issued a policy for the new school year on the interaction with transgender, non-binary, and gender… Read More
Government
Kansas Ed Dept. passes the buck to Gov. Kelly on Kobach guidance to remove gender identity references from state school lunch contracts(The Sentinel) – The ongoing disagreement between Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) and the Kansas State Board of Education (KSBOE) is intensifying over… Read More
Kansas
Kansas among 22 states allowing in-state tuition for undocumented students(The Sentinel) – For more than 20 years , the State of Kansas has offered in-state tuition to undocumented students since then-Governor … Read More