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Kris Kobach wants to end the lawsuit keeping Kansas public schools funded. Awful idea

We oppose Kobach’s request for the court to end its jurisdiction over the Gannon case. “History shows that when Kansas legislators are left to their own devices, they fall back on bad habits that underfund the state’s community and neighborhood schools. That is a particular danger now, when the Republicans who run the legislative branch have made plain their desire to divert tax dollars from public education to vouchers for home and private schooling… “A little bit of background is helpful here. The Gannon case was actually the second big lawsuit this century against the state for its...
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