TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a school funding bill that restores aid for poor districts but also ends the current teacher tenure process. The measure signed Monday is intended to satisfy a March ruling from the Kansas Supreme Court with a $129 million funding increase for the next school year. Legislators approved the bill on April 6. It now goes back to a three-judge district court panel for review. The bill restores aid payments that equalize spending for school districts by giving poor districts additional funds for operations and capital improvements. The measure also includes provisions…
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On today’s In Focus, Cathy talked to local insurance broker, who works with Kansas State University, Larry Scoville and K-State Asst. Professor of Financial planning Martin Seay on insurance challenges, as well as Sunflower CASA Development Coordinator, Penny Pierce and advocate, Bridget Larkin.
Kansas State University has used distance education learning for more than four decades, but the Division of Continuing Education has recently been renamed Kansas State University’s Global Campus. This change was originally approved in a Kansas Board of Regents meeting back in March, but K-State released the details Monday afternoon. Dean of K-State Global Campus, Sue Maes commented, “At Kansas State University Global Campus, students can learn online, grow professionally and connect internationally. With students from countries all over the world connecting to K-State through the online classroom, this name captures the breadth of K-State throughout the world”. More than…
Riley County Fire crews responded to a few significant fires this past weekend, and one involved a large controlled burn that became out of control. During Monday’s county commission meeting, Fire Chief, Pat Collins shared the specifics. Crews responded to Fairview Church Road around 12:30 on Friday for a 600 acre prescribed burn that had gotten away from the owner. When firefighters arrived on scene, they found the 30 or more acres burning and the head fire moving quickly to the north. It had extended to the neighbor’s pasture, which had several cedar trees. By the time the fire was…
Mary Lynn and Warren Staley, Avon, Colo., have made a gift of more than $2.5 million to establish an endowed chair for the director of the School of Leadership Studies at Kansas State University. Warren Staley earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 1965. He went on to receive a master’s degree in business administration from Cornell University in 1967. He had a long and successful career at Cargill, retiring in 2007 from his position as CEO and chairman of the board. Staley is in the university’s College of Engineering Hall of Fame and…
Breakfast is now being served with a side of sticker shock. The cost of morning staples like bacon, coffee and orange juice is on the rise because of global supply problems.
Two California companies are developing unmanned watercraft to study the ocean. The ocean drones can stay at sea for months to gather scientific data, patrol borders and protect endangered reefs.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.(AP) — It is customary in baseball for a pitcher to be awarded a commemorative baseball after his first big league win, a nice keepsake to reflect upon years down the road. The Twins’ Phil Hughes did not earn his first win on Sunday. It only felt like it. His jokester teammates gave him a ball anyway. Hughes pitched into the seventh inning to win for the first time since last July, helping Minnesota to an 8-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals that also avoided a three-game sweep. It was Hughes’ first win in 18 outings, a…
A transcript released on Sunday showed the South Korean Ferry that sank last week was crippled with confusion and indecision that likely contributed to the officially 58 confirmed dead and over hundred more missing.
Runners of 118th Boston Marathon celebrated Easter at the Old South Church located less than a block from Monday’s marathon finish line. The church’s tradition is to give marathon runners a hand-knit scarf.