TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers are trying to overhaul special education funding for public schools in a move condemned by public school advocates. The latest version of Senate Bill 387, a budget bill that will govern state education funding for the next three years, would change the state’s ...

Lawrence Superintendent Anthony Lewis delivered a message of support Friday for students, families and staff in the transgender community after the Kansas Legislature passed a bill prohibiting some forms of gender-affirming care. The controversial bill, known as Senate Bill 233, was sent to ...

Maci Perrins, the Langston Hughes Elementary student and two-time winner of the Douglas County Spelling Bee, placed second at the Sunflower State Spelling Bee over the weekend and was recognized by the Lawrence school board at its Monday meeting. Maci, a fifth-grader, lost the state bee ...

A Free State High School speech and debate team member has earned the highest degree in the National Speech and Debate Association Honor Society, according to a news release Tuesday from the Lawrence school district. The student, Anwen Williams, a junior, has earned Premier Distinction, an ...

Lawrence school board members heard an update Monday evening about the school district's budget outlook, in the face of declining enrollment, but much remained imprecise pending the results of various legislative matters. The Kansas Legislature is expected, among other things, to decide ...

The Lawrence school board at its Monday meeting will hear an update on Liberty Memorial Central Middle School, which is switching to a STEAM curriculum next school year, and an update on the district budget. Administrators and educators will give an overview of “successes, challenges, and ...