KBOR Renews Grant Helping Online College of Education Students in Rural, Urban Areas Earn Teaching Degrees
“Project TRUST, which stands for Training Rural and Urban Student Teachers, received a grant award of $140,135 from the board to help place-bound students earn bachelor’s degrees in elementary education. Through the grant, the students selected for scholarships, or TRUST Scholars, will receive 12 credit hours of tuition support for their final semester.”
New A-F Grades for Kansas Schools Released
“Kansas Policy Institute releases updated A-F Grading to evaluate school performance in Kansas”
Survey: Consumers’ Interest in Buying Local Beef Grows
“COVID increased producers’ opportunities to sell directly to consumers”
K-State Offering Online Financial, Risk Management Courses for Farmers and Ranchers
“Format allows producers to complete material at their own pace”
Hearing for Proposed Revision of Dairy Laboratory Regulation
“KDA is proposing revisions to K.A.R. 4-7-804, which establishes the fee schedule for dairy laboratory analyses. The current fee schedule no longer covers the costs associated with each laboratory analysis; in addition, the proposed regulation offers new laboratory analyses that the KDA Laboratory did not have the capacity to complete when the current regulation was adopted.”
Governor Laura Kelly Announces $51 Million in Bonus Payments to Direct Support Workers
“Our direct care workers have worked tirelessly to provide exceptional care to vulnerable Kansans during the pandemic and beyond,” Governor Laura Kelly said. “We recognize the hard work direct care workers do, and we’ll build on this opportunity as an incentive to recruit and retain qualified staff.”
Rep. Mann Delivers State of Agriculture on the House Floor
“Madam Speaker, I rise today to deliver the next installment of my Farm Bill Impact Series – The State of Agriculture. We’re at the end of the first quarter, National Ag Month just ended, and as Congress prepares to reauthorize the Farm Bill, we should examine the state of agriculture.”
OVER 2,300 ATHLETES PARTICIPATING IN KANSAS STATE HIGH SCHOOL CLAY TARGET LEAGUE
“Athletes of all types are able to participate in clay target shooting,” said Nelson, “The League has a ‘no benchwarmers’ philosophy, and the League’s True Team® scoring system is designed so that everyone’s score matters, not just the top athletes on a team.”
Court Affirms Pharmacy Benefit Manager Regulation for Oklahoma Insurance Department
“This court ruling will help increase transparency for pharmacists and patients and broaden the path forward for our state’s health care cost control efforts,” Mulready said. “We will continue to work hard to ensure companies fully comply with our PBM laws to protect consumers and other businesses.”
EPA Proposes to Ban Ongoing Uses of Asbestos, Taking Historic Step to Protect People from Cancer Risk
“Proposed Rule is First-Ever Risk Management Rule Issued Under New Process in 2016 Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act”