Kansas defends latest funding fix to keep schools open

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Tue May 10, 2016 3:08pm EDT

Kansas defends latest funding fix to keep schools open


Kansas defended its new school funding fix on Tuesday before the state supreme court, which must determine if the law complies with a February order to equitably distribute state money and keep schools operating past June 30.

Stephen McAllister, the state's solicitor general, said the plan signed into law by Governor Sam Brownback in April represents the best the legislature could do to narrow funding disparities among poor and rich school districts in a tough budget year.

"No one has come up with a way to make each district exactly equal," he told the justices, adding that the law represents a one-year solution to keep schools open while the legislature continues to work on the issue.

Justice Dan Biles questioned how long Kansas would have to operate under "unconstitutional" school funding formulas that have been the target of litigation for years.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kansas-education-idUSKCN0Y12HA

[Kingofalldems]

1. Next they'll have kids selling candy bars

so they can have schoolbooks.

[Plainsman1]

2. The poor schools selling candy bars

to "earn" their equal education.