“A Kansas Senate committee gave the go-ahead Thursday [March 17] to a proposed fix of the state’s school equalization formula, but a similar plan in a House committee drew bitter reaction from lawmakers and didn’t advance.

“Legislators are trying to beat a June 30 deadline imposed by the state Supreme Court. Unless a new equalization formula is in place by then, the court said last month, public schools won’t open for the 2016-2017 school year.”

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article66628592.html#storylink=cpy

Update: the Senate bill was eventually pulled as well and a new bill emerged.