====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0026 from reel: NP 8956 (2000-08-21 to 2000-11-30) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/26262 Title: Treasurer Promotes College Savings Summary: Kansas State Treasurer Tim Shallenburger discusses a new college savings plan that allows families to save for education with tax benefits, highlighting its early success with over 14,000 accounts opened. Category: local news Subjects: education finance; state government; college savings plans Named Entities: Shallenburger, Tim [state treasurer] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Kansas Outscores National Average on ACT Summary: Kansas students scored higher than the national average on the ACT, with an average composite score of 21.6 compared to the national average of 21. The article includes comments from education officials about the results. Category: local news Subjects: education testing; academic achievement; standardized tests Named Entities: Tompkins, Andy [education commissioner]; Voth, Harold [state board of education chairman] Confidence: 0.85 Title: [comic strips] Category: comic strips Confidence: 0.9 Title: [advertisements] Advertisers include: Lawrence Athletic Club North; Framewoods Gallery; Westlake Ace Hardware Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Title: [classifieds] Category: classifieds Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.