Regents push policy on social media with disciplinary power
Policy grants university leaders power to fire or suspend employees whose social media posts conflict with the university’s best interests and operations while considering First Amendment rights. The December measure faced criticism over vagueness and potential chilling effects, with a spring revision debated but the disciplinary function kept intact.
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Brownback pushes funding for KU Translational Institute
Gov. Sam Brownback voiced support for allocating 2 million dollars to Kansas University to establish the Translational Chemical Biology Institute aimed at drug discovery. He urged lawmakers to finish budget work including corrections funding and a five million dollar boost to reduce disability service wait lists.
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Positive student with Duchenne stars in high school show
A 17 year old student with Duchenne muscular dystrophy participates in a school play to showcase his wheelchair lifted by a car prop. He plans to study aerospace engineering at Kansas University and hopes to work in Wichita. Classmates praise his positivity and leadership as choir officer and conga line regular.
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Kansas Supreme Court backs funding equity ruling
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled school funding inequitable and urged the panel to judge the Legislature’s response and overall adequacy. Gov Brownback signed a law directing $109 million in equalization aid and $25 million for capital outlay. Schools for Fair Funding welcomed the legislation as meeting the equity mandate.
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Court weighs state funding of schools in pending bill
John Robb of Schools for Fair Funding says the Supreme Court should determine if the state funds schools adequately. The filing argues the panel may consider the whole school bill, including tenure repeal and tax breaks, in assessing adequacy, with a June 11 hearing set by Judge Franklin Theis.
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