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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Leave a Comment Contacting legislators important
This is a screenshot from Rep. Ousley’s cell phone. Rep. Ousley serves on the House Education Committee. He states, “Keep sending the emails. You are helping to make a difference, and I hear you.” We add that contacting legislators serves 2 purposes: (1) encouraging them to vote as Kansans want them to vote, (2) outing those who are refusing to listen to citizens....
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Leave a Comment Game On Facebook reaches 9.000 likes on February 9
Game On team, thank you! Your likes, shares and telling people about our page pushed our page likes over 9,000! Way to go and keep it up! We need more Kansans in the game to protect public education in our state....
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