“The judges fortunately were not fooled. ‘Though promoted as a change and improvement in K-12 funding,’ they wrote, the new law amounts to ‘no more than a freeze’ on school districts’ operational funding. “Any apparent increases, they added, stem from a legislative maneuver to add the state’s contribution to teacher pension funds to the block grants, and falsely claim that money as operational funding.” Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article25624801.html...
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Wagle criticizes Gannon decision
Here’s how Senate President Susan Wagle responded to the court decision supporting better funding for our schools and the children they serve. “It appears Washington, D.C., isn’t the only place courts have decided to draft their own laws and ignore the will of the people,’ Wagle said. ‘Topeka judges aren’t legislators, and it’s time they stopped auditioning for the role in their rulings.'” Read more here: http://cjonline.com/news/2015-06-26/shawnee-county-district-court-panel-strikes-down-kansas-school-finance-law-attorney...
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Well said, USD 383 school board member and 3-day Game On walk to Topeka walker Aaron Estabrook. “Today the court decision validates what school districts and parents across Kansas have been telling their legislators since January. The Legislature is under-funding public education at an unconstitutional level. They along with the Governor have reneged on the equalization promise from last year and have been dishonest in counting KPERS as money going into the classroom. 15 days ago Speaker Ray Merrick rallied his caucus for a tax bill saying ‘we all took an oath to uphold the constitution’. It’s not...
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Leave a Comment Read June 26, 2015 Gannon District Panel decision
Here’s the Gannon decision ruling the block grant school funding law unconstitutional. http://www.shawneecourt.org/DocumentCenter/View/532...
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