Kansas schools

Democratic governor derails bills on gold and silver, ag tourism, income tax break.

A task force failed to meet a previous deadline to submit a draft plan to the 2026 Legislature

The Kansas Legislature approved a provision to clamp down on public school protests by requiring students to receive parental permission before participating, and hitting districts with penalties as high as $100,000 per day for failing to enforce restrictions.

A slim majority of Senate Republicans still backed Senate Bill 254 to end the policy. On Monday, Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed the bill.

A community health center in southeast Kansas hopes exposing kids to health care careers through fun activities could lead them into the field in the future. It’s one way to hopefully fight a long-term shortage of health care workers in rural areas.

Kansas lawmakers are on their annual break and will return next week to vote on potentially overriding the governor's vetoes.

The State Board of Education plans to announce the next commissioner during its April 14 meeting.

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

Current law prohibits sexual relations between a student and a "teacher or other person of authority." But the law doesn't currently apply to school resource officers, nurses, bus drivers or other contracted employees.

Under a bill that also mandates teaching students about the dangers of communism and socialism, high school freshmen would be required to take a 100-question exam based on the civics test that prospective U.S. citizens take during the American naturalization process.