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“’We took money away from students at risk across the state – gutted (that funding) in favor of corporate tax credits,’ she said. The two categories of at-risk that were removed from the school finance formula are for students who are non-proficient (by testing) and those who are part-time or over 19. That saves the state more than $8 million while up to $10 million can be awarded in tax credits. Corporations could get a 70 percent credit for donating to organizations that grant scholarships to certain students – special needs or Title I – who move from...

“Legislators now are on an extended break that precedes their return to the Capitol for the regular wrap-up session. But they should take no pride in the work they did over the weekend, regardless of what anyone thinks of the final product. Some of the measures included in the school finance bill, and some that didn’t make the final cut, should have been introduced in their own right earlier in the session when they would have subjected to debate at the committee level by the proper body and, perhaps, debated on the House and Senate floors. As is...

We agree with this editorial, too, and hope that last weekend’s events showed many Kansans how corrupt the Kansas legislature has become and the importance of looking beyond postcard spin in August and November. “Why, if [corporate tax credit scholarships and elimination of teacher due process] are so grand and necessary and widely supported by the electorate, were they not presented on their own, in a separate piece of legislation? And why, instead of vetting the proposals in the chambers’ respective education committees, were they inserted in the 11th hour in a school finance bill? The answer is...