Kansan schools face 317 vacant teaching positions this fall
The State reports 317 vacant teaching posts as of September 1, with Wichita leading at 64. Dodge City and Garden City followed with 47 and 35. Causes include lack of qualified applicants and budget limits, especially in special education and math. February reviews will clarify whether posts are filled and why.
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Kansas
Kansas Department of Education
Wichita Eagle
U.S. Department of Education
Wichita
Dodge City
Garden City
Susan Herbert
Mark Tallman
Kansas Association of School Boards
Students urge rental inspection return in Manhattan
Kansas State University students urged the Manhattan City Commission to revive a rental inspection program citing safety concerns. The prior program, including mandatory inspections, was repealed in 2011 after one year. Student body president Andy Hurtig and the Student Governing Association backed restoring oversight.
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Manhattan
Kansas State
Manhattan City Commission
Andy Hurtig
Kansas State Student Governing Association
Commission
Kansas judges drop suit plan new claim over funding
Four Kansas judges who sued over state funding for the judiciary withdrew the federal case and plan to file in Shawnee County District Court. They argue the issues center on Kansas constitutional law and seek to challenge legislation that tied court funding to rulings on appointing chief district court judges.
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Wichita
Kansas
U.S. District Court
Topeka
Pedro Iriganegaray
Iriganegaray
Shawnee County
Bradley Schlozman
Associated Press
Judicial Branch
Kansas Supreme Court
Larry Hendricks
Derek Schmidt
Sam Brownback
Two Wellsville residents die in I 35 crash in Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol identified Ashley N. Towner, 25, and 6-year-old Tana Dawn Towner, both of Wellsville, as the victims of a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 35 in Johnson County Wednesday night. The two were ejected when the car overturned in the median. Ashley Towner was not wearing a seat belt and a booster seat was not properly secured.
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Wellsville
Clathe
Johnson County
Kansas Highway Patrol
Ashley N. Towner
Tana Dawn Towner
Interstate 35
KHP
Ashley Towner
Haskell eyes new operating model and funding path
Haskell Indian Education seeks a federal charter model akin to Howard University to improve operations. Regents study changes to allow university status, explore endowment, and push legislative action for continued federal funding while the revived Haskell Foundation handles grants and alumni efforts.
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Congress
Haskell
Venida Chenault
Chenault
Steve Byington
Haskell Budget Office
Regents
Howard University
Washington, D.C
Marisa Mendoza
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