KSDE News

Posted: Apr 10, 2026
Categories: KSDE

Members of the Kansas State Board of Education will meet on April 14, for their monthly meeting in the first floor board room, Landon State Office Building, 900 S.W. Jackson, Topeka. They will meet April 15, at the Kansas State School for the Blind, in Kansas City, Kansas, and the Kansas School for the Deaf, in Olathe.

Click here for the full agenda and meeting materials. The April 14 meeting will be livestreamed here.

Posted: Apr 10, 2026
Categories: KSDE

The April 9 KSDEweekly is available to view. Read more about the Kansas State Board of Education's April meeting in which they are scheduled to vote on the next education commissioner, how Grinnell USD 291's librarian continues to rebuild the elementary school's library, information about the changes in the Title I, Part A spring submission process and view a video about updated mandated reporting requirements.

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Posted: Apr 3, 2026
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The April 2 KSDEweekly is available to view. Read more about how some Kansas students have shaped their paths forward as members of the state chapter of Future Business Leaders of America, the paraeducator in Weskan USD 242 who is on her way to becoming a licensed teacher as part of the Kansas Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program (RTAP), updated mandated reporting requirements, how districts can celebrate National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day in late April and much more.

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Posted: Mar 30, 2026
Categories: KSDE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 30, 2026

Kansas State Board of Education names finalists for commissioner of education

TOPEKA The Kansas State Board of Education has named three finalists for the position of Kansas commissioner of education following a national search conducted in partnership with Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates.

The Board will announce the next commissioner during its April 14 meeting.

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