House gives initial approval to civics test for graduation
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and last updated 2021-03-03 17:54:59-05
TOPEKA, Kan. â A bill that would require high school students to pass a civics test to graduate has won initial approval in the Kansas House.
Lawmakers voted Wednesday to advance the bill despite opposition from the Kansas State Board of Education, which said the bill encroaches on its constitutional authority to set graduation requirements. The bill faces a final House vote before going to the Senate.
The legislation would require students to pass one or more tests consisting of 60 questions from the 128-question U.S. citizenship test. The bill does not set a passing grade, and students would be able to take the test multiple times. Valley Center Republican Rep. Steve Huebert, the bill s chief proponent, said teachers could decide what cons
Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector
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The Senate Education Committee plans a hearing this week at the Capitol on a Senate bill forcing public K-12 districts to return to in-person teaching by March 26 and to never conduct online-only instruction in the future despite health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic.
TOPEKA Two influential K-12 education organizations in Kansas perked up when the Senate’s education committee agreed to dive into a bill mandating that in-person instruction resume by March 26 and forbidding local school boards from ever again shifting to online-only instruction for students in kindergarten through high school.
GREAT BEND TRIBUNE Barton Nursing adds IV skills to curriculum Courtesy photo
Nurses who graduate from Barton Community College’s Licensed Practical Nurse program will now have an extra skillset to make them more valuable in the workforce; they have the option to be IV certified.
Barton Nursing Instructor Kristin Steele said the Kansas State Board of Nursing just approved IV certification at the LPN level in the Fall of 2020. In the past, students were not able to get certified unless they went to an outside agency that was usually far away and added hundreds of dollars in cost. In addition, most students were not able to get this done between years of nursing school, and since hospitals require LPNs to be IV certified they were being limited on where they could work.
Goessel School District receives donations
GOESSEL Goessel School Board met on Feb. 8 and heard from Superintendent/elementary principal Amanda Lowrance about donations to the athletic department from Leon and Virginia Guhr and also Duane and Agatha Duerksen. The donations will help pay the cost of officials for basketball games. Board chair Kelly Booton wished to thank them for their generosity. The board voted to accept the donations.
Lowrance told the board that Kansas State High School Activities Association rules have changed for spectators at ball games. Previously, two spectators were allowed for each participant. Some schools might choose to keep that limit. However, KSHSAA now allows four spectators for each participant. Therefore, Goessel will now allow four. Social distancing and masks are still required.