This plan will not and should not pass constitutional muster. They are already reneging on the promises they made just last year, and they’re basing it on a possible future recession. That is not adequate grounds. Anyone casting a vote for this bill should be absolutely prohibited from talking about the ongoing cycle of litigation. They’re working to ensure it.

“The funding bill matches the court-ordered inflation adjustment proposed by Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat. However, the legislation wipes out $213 million from the five-year, $525 million addition the Legislature adopted last year…

“Here’s the situation,” Holscher said. “We had one job to do in regard to education, and it’s adjust for inflation.”

https://www.cjonline.com/…/kansas-house-speaker-ron-ryckman…

Originally posted to Facebook 03/26/2019.