On March 17, the Senate Ways and Means committee passed a bill that seeks to comply with the Gannon equity decision by redistributing money already allocated. The comments in this committee and House appropriations generally revealed a lack of honest discussion about how the legislature ended up here and the scope of its options. Our initial take is that this may be one way of complying on equity but will hurt the state’s position on adequacy. SB 512 passes on voice vote. Sens. Francisco, Kerschen, Kelly and Denning voted no.