Kansas State Board of Education member Melanie Haas, center, D-Overland Park, listens to a comment as she presides over the board's regular monthly meeting, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas State School Board member Melanie Haas, D-Overland Park, speaks during the board's regular monthly meeting, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Fred Postlewait, a Republican candidate for the Kansas State Board of Education from Kansas City, wears one of his campaign buttons during an interview at the Johnson County Republican Party headquarters, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas State Board of Education candidate Fred Postlewait, R-Kansas City, talks about his views on improving public schools during an interview at the Johnson County Republican Party's headquarters, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas State School Board member Betty Arnold, right, D-Wichita, makes a point during the board's monthly meeting as fellow board member Danny Zeck, left, R-Leavenworth, watches, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Fred Postlewait, a Republican candidate for the Kansas State Board of Education from Kansas City, Kan., shows off two of the yard signs available for supporters at the Republican Party's local headquarters in Johnson County, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas State Board of Education member Melanie Haas, center, D-Overland Park, watches as the winner of a national competition for school bus drivers is congratulated during a break in the board's regular monthly meeting, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

A surfer enters the Bay of Bengal at Konark beach in Puri district of Odisha state, on India's eastern coastline, where Tropical Storm Dana is expected to make landfall late on Thursday and early into Friday, according to the Indian Meteorological Department, India, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (AP Photo)