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The district court panel has ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in the Gannon school funding case and determined that Kansas school funding is unconstitutionally low.  The case will be appealed to the Kansas Supreme Court. Here are articles from Kansas reporters. http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article5175489.html http://www.kansas.com/news/local/education/article5169564.html http://cjonline.com/news/2014-12-30/judges-rule-school-finance-inadequate http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2014/dec/30/kansas-court-orders-more-state-spending-schools/ http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/369a05c625bf43d7819fbbe0cdf1406f/KS–School-Funding-Kansas...

Several education advocates were named to John Celock’s 14 Most Interesting People in Kansas Politics in 2014, and Game On for Kansas Schools received a nod. “Johnson County Parents Parents in Johnson County are prepared to speak out and make sure they are heard on the issue of education and school funding. They have been outspoken in their districts, in Topeka and on social media pressing their case. They have been quick to defend their turf and to challenge Brownback and conservative Republicans on the school-funding bill this year and on proposed changes to the school funding formula....

Although efforts to rework the school funding formula have failed in the past, we suspect they will be “successful” this year. Why? There simply isn’t enough revenue coming into the state, but legislators know Kansans won’t be happy about cuts to education so they won’t “cut” funding, they’ll just “rework the formula” which will just happen to result in less funding for our schools. We can see the 2016 and 2018 campaign postcards already. “That claim has been the source of considerable dispute, both in the Statehouse and among the general public. Overall, total state funding for K-12...

“Kansas schools are reporting a rise in child homelessness, a trend that advocates say has implications for the ability of children to learn in school. “The number of homeless children attending Kansas schools has nearly tripled since before the recession, according to data from the Kansas State Department of Education.” http://cjonline.com/news/2014-12-27/child-homelessness-kansas-schools-report The rise in homeless children also has implications for funding needs, test scores and diversion of funds to charters and private schools that will never serve these children....