State Board approves changes in teachers licenses
The State Board of Education in Topeka approved new licensing regulations to ensure teachers are prepared and perform well. The plan, begun in 1992, sets 2003 as the rollout, changes terminology from certificates to licenses, and adds a performance test for an unrestricted license. Conditional licenses for new teachers will be two years, require a 2.5 GPA, and include basic skills testing, with a 6-4 vote keeping GPA at 2.5.
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Topeka
Department of Education
Andy Tompkins
Kansas
Tompkins
Scott Hill
Hill
Abilene
KU dean urges teacher recruitment efforts in Kansas
University of Kansas Education Dean Karen Gallagher urged state involvement to recruit and retain teachers, especially in rural and inner city areas. She outlined four recommendations including high standards, a statewide data system, policy actions on salaries and mobility, and interstate reciprocity, to be detailed in July.
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Topeka
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Karen Gallagher
Kansas
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America
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Arizona
Texas
Robinson to appear in court on serial killer charges
John Edward Robinson Sr. faces two counts of capital murder, aggravated kidnapping, sexual battery, and felony theft in Kansas with three Missouri first degree murder charges. Bodies found in barrels near La Cygne and in a Raymore storage locker. Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit to represent him. Tennessee attorney alleges a $17,000 extortion by Robinson through a sex slave contract.
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Tennessee
John Edward Robinson Sr
Johnson County
Missouri
Robinson
la Cygne
Kansas City
Raymore
Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit
Repre
Jes Beard
Kansas City Star
Ron Evans
Death Penalty Defense Unit
Evans
State orders halt to river pumping in Kansas
The Kansas Department of Agriculture ordered northeast and north central Kansas water users to stop pumping from the Republican River and two Delaware River rights after streams remained too low despite recent rains. The action targets junior rights and older rights, requiring higher flows before pumping can resume.
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Topeka
Kansas
Republican River
Delaware River
State Department of Agriculture
Carole Jordan
Republican
Delaware
Department of Agriculture
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