The Kansas Board of Education will get an update this week on school-related legislation and an effort to develop new standards to guide science instruction in the state.
Attorneys involved in a Kansas school funding lawsuit are preparing for a conference call with Chief Justice Lawton Nuss to discuss the state Supreme Court's schedule for reviewing the case.
The Supreme Court has ordered mediation in the lawsuit filed against the state in 2010 by several school districts and parents and guardians of students.
President and CEO Peter Brownlie said Thursday his chapter offers materials and instructors for sex education classes to Kansas public schools if they ask.
A Kansas House committee has approved a sweeping anti-abortion bill that prevents groups providing abortion services from being involved in the state's public schools.
Beta Theta Pi fraternity's national spokesman says its University of Kansas chapter can no longer allow live animals at its events after a turkey was abused and later killed at a December function.
Lawrence city commissioners have approved agreements for a city-owned recreation center and tax abatements for a larger project that will include athletic facilities for the University of Kansas.
Kansas legislators are returning from a four-day break to consider a bill that would narrow contract negotiations between teachers and public school districts.
Bills before the state House and Senate would allow charter schools greater freedom and more funding opportunities in Kansas, where the schools have struggled to take hold.
Brownback said Friday he's also glad that the court stayed a lower-court order in the lawsuit directing legislators to increase spending on public schools.
Kansas House members have approved a measure that would mandate that schools set aside the week of Sept. 17 each year as "Celebrate Freedom Week" to focus on the founding of the United States and its key documents.
