Blue Valley School District

Blue Valley, De Soto, Olathe and Shawnee Mission school districts say the state of Kansas has failed to meet its legal obligation for funding special education for 15 years, forcing them to fill the gap. The four districts say that cost more than $119 million alone last year.

The GOP majority on the 10-member state panel hangs in the balance as elections approach this fall.

Schools around the Kansas City metro are working to connect families with food, housing and other resources to make sure kids have the support they need until they return to class in the fall. Here's where to find free meals, mental health support and more.

School leaders in the Kansas City area are grappling with how to balance their budgets and continue serving students as they face declining enrollment, state funding shortfalls and property tax caps.

The bill has support from more than two-thirds of the Kansas Senate, including leaders from both parties.

An Overland Park high schooler traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for cancer research funding after the Trump administration proposed slashing the National Institutes of Health budget.

Johnson County school district leaders worry a federal school voucher program would divert much-need funding from the public school system.

Another round of school closures in the Kansas City area has parents juggling work and child care yet again. Some school district are already considering whether to push back summer break.

Johnson County recorded 93 suicide deaths in 2023, down from 122 the previous year. Mental health experts say it’s hard to know if the encouraging numbers are a sign of things to come, but it could indicate that mental health services are working in the short term.

Climate change-driven weather events are causing more damage and wear and tear to school buildings in Missouri, driving up districts’ property insurance costs.

During the first year of open enrollment in Kansas, where schools could allow students from outside their district, Olathe, Blue Valley and Shawnee Mission only accepted a few dozen applicants each.

Kansas City Public Schools invested millions in keeping students cool this year after districts grappled with record-high temperatures last fall.