“The governor and conservative lawmakers will bluster, accusing judges of ‘a temper tantrum’ and the like, but they brought this trouble on themselves and the state. “The move to block-grant funding last year saddles school districts with a fixed amount of funding for two years, regardless of developments such as an influx of at-risk students or variations in local property taxes. Lawmakers compounded the problem by allocating less for education than they knew would be needed.” Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article59874106.html...
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Court not the problem in school funding case
“Everybody is sick of the school-finance wars in Kansas. The Montoy case dragged on for seven years; this Gannon lawsuit is at six years and counting, with the adequacy part of the case still pending. But the court is not the problem. “As it said Thursday: ‘While we do not desire to become a supervisor of the school finance system, neither do we abandon our duty to the people of Kansas under their constitution to review the Legislature’s enactments and to ensure its compliance with its own duty under Article 6.'” Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/opinion/editorials/article59909826.html....
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In his response, Sen. Melcher raised the issue of retaliating against the court via retention elections. “‘I think the judges are going to get what’s coming to them in the retention elections,’ Melcher said. ‘I think the public has had enough of their politicizing of the judicial branch and they’re going to demonstrate their displeasure when it comes to judicial retention.’ “Not everyone was ready to condemn the court, however. Rep. Dan Hoffman, R-Coldwater, said he wasn’t sure the court overstepped its bounds. He said the court didn’t require a specific amount of money and only found the...
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Leave a Comment House votes on budget bill February 11
Here are the votes on the House budget bill on February 11. Are the yeas representing you? (68) Anthimides, Barker, Barton, Billinger, Boldra, Bradford, Campbell, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Claeys, Corbet, E. Davis, Dove, Esau, Estes, Ewy, Garber, Goico, Gonzalez, Grosserode, Hawkins, Hedke, Hemsley, Highland, Hildabrand, Hoffman, Houser, Huebert, Hutchins, Hutton, Johnson, D. Jones, K. Jones, Kahrs, Kelly, Kiegerl, Kleeb, Lunn, Macheers, Mason, Mast, McPherson, Merrick, O’Brien, Osterman, Pauls, R. Powell, Proehl, Rahjes, Read, Rhoades, Rubin, Ryckman, Ryckman, Sr., Scapa, Schroeder, Schwab, Schwartz, C. Smith, Suellentrop, Sutton, Thimesch, Todd, Vickrey, Waymaster, Weber, Whitmer, K. Williams. Thank the nays....
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