Senator pushes kindergarten mandate in Kansas proposal
Topeka senator Laura Kelly urged lawmakers to require kindergarten attendance and lower starting age from seven to six. She cited truancy and commented on heavy state spending for kindergarten while many districts already run all day K. The plan, SB 207, faces resistance and may be revisited in January with Amish Mennonite concerns noted.
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Kansas
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Reno County
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Garten
Aurand
Ruth Teichman
R Stafford
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D-Hays
Will Schmucker
State Board of Education
Kathleen Sebelius
Phelps
Teichman
Two arrested in Kaweah tribe immigration probe
Two Mexican nationals, Angel Zamora and Eduvirgos Zamora, were arraigned on an indictment in a multistate probe into Kaweah Indian Nation membership sales to illegal immigrants. They face charges of false citizenship claims and related fraud tied to tribal enrollment promises. The investigation centers on recruitment of nonfederally recognized tribe members to bypass deportation.
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Angel Zamora
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United States
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Webber
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Oklahoma
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Neb
United
Army fort dedicates Lewis and Clark Center at Fort Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth dedicates the 115 million Lewis and Clark Center home to the Army Command and General Staff College. Lt Gen Caldwell appoints Capt Meriwether Lewis and Capt William Clark to the hall of fame joining Patton Eisenhower Abrams and Powell. Descendants praise the historic honor as the center showcases modern classrooms and a large lectures hall. A prior Bell Hall condition prompts the new facility and Sen Roberts recalls the old pipe symbol during remarks.
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William Clark
Madison
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San Francisco
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Lewis
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West
Jefferson
Pat Roberts
Kansas
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