TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A group dedicated to preserving and promoting Kansas history has named a longtime state education official and a country music singer-songwriter as its 2019 Kansans of the Year.
The Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas plans to honor Deputy Education Commissioner Dale Dennis and Nicolle Galyon during a Jan. 24 banquet in Topeka.
Dennis is state governments leading expert on public school funding and has worked as an administrator at the State Department of Education for 52 years, after working as a high school teacher and principal in Linn County in eastern Kansas.
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