Records of the Kansas Board of Education, 1877 - [ongoing].

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Records of the Kansas Board of Education, 1877 - [ongoing].

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The majority of the records available from the Kansas Board of Education are the Board's regular meeting minutes and materials related to what was discussed at their meetings. Due to the sensitive, confidential nature of some of these materials, this series may fall under restrictions in Kansas statutes. These records are also somewhat spotty, with the late nineteenth/early twentieth centuries and late twentieth century best represented. Other materials from the Board or its affiliates include the records of the Professional Standards Board, subject files from the late 1970s-early 1980s regarding the Schools for the Deaf and for the Visually Handicapped, and portraits of many of the Superintendents of Public Instruction.

Circa 75 cubic feet.

Kansas State Historical Society

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Kansas. State Board of Education

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The first Kansas State Board of Education, made up of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the presidents of the four state colleges/universities, was created in 1873, but it was not given policy-making authority. It was to certify teachers and to administer teaching exams, and in 1893 it was authorized to accredit schools of education. The State Superintendent presented to this Board for its approval or rejection school textbook recommendations, courses of study and curriculum, pl...