Month: March 2019

School finance bill advances

The Kansas Senate passed a school finance bill, Senate Bill 142, out of the Senate on March 14.

The bill includes amounts that were proposed by the Kansas State Board of Education and Kansas Department of Education for school finance.

Gov. Laura Kelly released this statement on the passage of the bill:

“I’m pleased that the Senate passed Senate Bill 142 this evening,” Gov. Kelly stated. “This bill adopts recommendations proposed by the Kansas State Board of Education and the Kansas Department of Education to restore the investment in Kansas classrooms. The goal of this bill is to address inflation, end the litigation and meet the needs of our students, teachers, and schools.

“We look forward to continuing to work with lawmakers to move this bill forward through the process and settle this once and for all.”

Two Bonner Springs students named to President’s List at Cloud County Community College

Two Bonner Springs students have been named to the President’s List for the fall semester at Cloud County Community College, Concordia, Kansas.

The students are Gregory Gast and Mason Hays, both from Bonner Springs, Kansas.

Students on the President’s List have a semester grade point average of 3.9 to 4.0, with at least 12 hours of college coursework.

Driver falls asleep, crashes on I-70

A driver fell asleep before crashing on I-70 on Thursday night, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

The injury-accident was reported at 10:52 p.m. Thursday, March 14, on westbound I-70, east of the I-435 exit.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report, a 29-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man drivng a 2014 Cadillac passenger car fell asleep, went off the roadway and into a ditch.

The driver was taken to a hospital with a possible minor injury, according to the trooper’s report.