Wichita Public School teachers are receiving a more than a 3.5 percent increase in salary. In Topeka, the increase is nearly 8 percent, that districts largest in 26 years.
School districts across Kansas are raising salaries, restoring cut positions and adding new jobs.
That follows the phasing in of $500 million in additional school funding approved by the Kansas Legislature in the spring under pressure from the Kansas Supreme Court to improve education funding.
In a survey conducted by the Kansas State Department of Education in 2017, districts said if they received…
