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Schools for Fair Funding issues release on Gannon equity decision

For Immediate Release – February 11, 2016 Kansas Supreme Court Orders Legislature to Level the Playing Field for Less Wealthy Districts New School Finance System Must be Implemented on Equity by June 30 (Topeka, KS) A coalition of Kansas school districts said the Kansas Supreme Court school funding ruling today is affirmation that the Kansas constitutional promise to education must be kept. Schools for Fair Funding represents more than one-third of Kansas public school children. Today’s ordered actions will simply fulfill what the Kansas constitution required all along, according to SFFF. “Our kids should not be required to...
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PV Post shares NEJOCO reactions to Gannon equity decision

From the Prairie Village Post: Rep. Barbara Bollier (R, Mission Hills): “I am not surprised by the ruling released the morning. The Kansas Supreme Court has found that our block grant system of funding is NOT equitable. I voted against these block grants knowing that they did not meet constitutional muster. The court says we must follow our constitution and have until June 30 to fix it. By giving us until June 30 and by staying the adequacy portion of the lawsuit, we have a great opportunity to shape a funding formula that constitutionally provides an excellent education...
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Supreme Court rules against State in Gannon equity decision

The Kansas Supreme Court issued its decision on the equity portion of the Gannon case on February 11th. It basically upholds the District Panel decision, holds the current system unconstitutional and gives the legislature until June 30 to fix the inequity by whatever means the legislature chooses. If it doesn’t, the funding system will be declared unconstitutional and the mechanism for funding will cease to exist. You can read the decision here: http://www.kscourts.org/Cases-and-Opinions/opinions/SupCt/2016/20160211/113267.pdf...
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