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2026 Kansas Legislative Session Review
The 2026 Kansas Legislative Session advanced several important education policies focused on student outcomes, workforce readiness, transparency, and long-term success. This year, Kansas lawmakers took action to strengthen classroom learning environments, improve accountability, expand education and workforce pathways, support early…
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Weekly Update — 05/01/26
This originally appeared in Aligned’s weekly newsletter. Want future updates in your inbox? Sign up today. A promising side effect of cell phone bans Much of our work focuses on legislation, data, and the big debates shaping education and workforce policy.…
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Post-Session Analysis: 2026 Missouri Education Policy
Event Overview Join Aligned for a high-level breakdown of the 2026 Missouri Legislative Session and what it means for education policy, students, schools, and the state’s workforce moving forward. This webinar will walk through the major education issues, key bills,…
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Weekly Update — 04/24/26
This originally appeared in Aligned’s weekly newsletter. Want future updates in your inbox? Sign up today. Missouri’s assessment pilot and the case for balanced accountability Missouri’s new assessment pilot has given life to an age-old debate in education policy. As we wrote last August,…
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Check out our new brief: 2026 Kansas Legislative Session Review: Education Policy Wins.
This year, Kansas lawmakers advanced policies focused on stronger learning environments, early literacy, workforce readiness, accountability, transparency, foster care school stability, and childcare access.
These wins reflect continued momentum toward a stronger education-to-workforce pipeline in Kansas.
Read the full report below:
2026 Kansas Legislative Session Review: Education Policy Wins | Aligned
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The 2026 Kansas Legislative Session advanced several important education policies focused on student outcomes, workforce readiness, transparency, and long-term success. This year, Kansas lawmakers too…
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TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly today announced she has signed Senate Bill 82, which expands access to tax credits for employer expenses for child care and contributions to third parties that expan…