Kansas education

Senate majority leader’s amendment forbid sports on Sundays, Wednesday evenings

The bill is part of a recent push to reconsider how screen time affects the developing minds of students.

After enthusiasm swelled behind the idea, the policy has hit several major bumps on its way to becoming law.

Budget director and administration secretary Adam Proffitt presented the spending blueprint virtually at the joint meeting of the Senate and House budget committees.

The U.S. Department of Education threatened to withhold federal funding from four Kansas school districts last month over their policies for transgender students. The school districts are seeking support as they navigate a federal investigation.

Rachel Marlow, a music teacher at Central Elementary School in Olathe, was named the top educator in Kansas. Her students say she's 'the perfect amount' of kind and knows how to make learning fun.

As education commissioner, Randy Watson urged Kansas schools to increase their graduation rates and raise the percentage of students pursuing a post-secondary degree or workplace credential.

Foster children moving to new homes might mean a new school district. That means education records, course credits and other information need to be transferred to a new school. That can delay enrollment.

This is the first time the Kansas assessment scale has changed in nearly a decade. The State Board of Education also approved new descriptors for test levels that highlight proficiency.

A new law requires human development videos in classrooms, but leaves it up to local school districts to decide what materials students will see and at what ages.