June  

5: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Playful Learning Across the Day in Pre-K, Emporia State University Memorial Union, in Emporia. Click here to register. 

6: 9 a.m -3 p.m., Playful Learning Across the Day in Pre-K, Hilton Garden Inn, in Salina. Click here to register. 

5-7: The Kansas School Transportation Safety Conference and State Driving Competition will be held June 5-7, at the Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview, in Wichita. The conference program, registration form and more are available here or by visiting http://www.kspta.net. 

11-12: Kansas State Board of Education meeting, Topeka. 

17-22: School Bus Train the Trainer event, in Topeka; Register here: https://events.ksde.org/sf/TraintheTrainer.aspx  

19: KSDE offices closed in observance of Juneteenth. 

25-26: School Bus CDL Proxy Testing and ELDT Theory event, at Maize USD 266; ELDT will be administered on June 25; Register here: https://events.ksde.org/sf/CDLTesting2.aspx  

July  

4: KSDE offices closed in observance of Fourth of July. 

9-10: Kansas State Board of Education meeting, Topeka. 

9-11: School bus transportation directors workshops will be held from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. in Dodge City on July 9; Maize on July 10, and Kansas City on July 11. Register here: https://events.ksde.org/sf/TransportationBasics.aspx  Note: This course is highly recommended for any new transportation director or existing director who would like a refresher. 

17: School Bus Reasonable Suspicion Training for CDL Supervisors at Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB), in Topeka; Register here: https://events.ksde.org/sf/AlcoholandDrugTraining.aspx  Note: This is mandated training for anyone who supervises CDL holders. This is free training and the KSDE School Bus Safety Unit offers it once a year.  

23-24: School Bus CDL Proxy Testing and ELDT Theory event at Southeast of Saline USD 306; Note: ELDT Theory will be administered on July 23; Register here: https://events.ksde.org/sf/CDLTESTING3.aspx    

24-26: Dole Institute of Politics is hosting the 2024 Civic Engagement and Election conference for Kansas teachers. 

25: Deadline to apply for $932 million in competitive grant funding under the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2024 Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grants Program Notice of Funding Opportunity. Follow this link for more information: https://www.epa.gov/clean-heavy-duty-vehicles-program/clean-heavy-duty-vehicles-grant-program#EV. All application packages must be submitted electronically to the EPA through Grants.gov no later than Wednesday, July 25, 2024, at 10:59 p.m. (CST) to be considered for funding.