We agree with this editorial: “The Supreme Court provided its answer in Friday’s ruling. ‘The judiciary is the final authority to determine adherence to constitutional standards,’ it states. ‘The people’s constitutional standards must always prevail over the Legislature’s statutory standards should the latter be lower.’ That is precisely correct. The power of the purse does not enable a violation of the constitution. . . Kansas lawmakers shouldn’t have to be forced to do the right thing. Their deliberate policy of unjustly shortchanging students in poorer school districts must end now.” http://www.kansascity.com/2014/03/07/4873133/editorial-kansas-must-heed-courts.html#storylink=cpy...
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Fund Public Schools Petition
Here’s a petition to sign and share. It shouldn’t take a court order to restore cuts to Kansas schools. http://www.fundkansasschools.com/ Fund Kansas Schools www.fundkansasschools.com...
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Leave a Comment Andover mom Libby Kleeman discusses education funding on CBS news
Catch Andover mom Libby Kleeman on the CBS evening news. Kansas high court says state not spending enough on public schools www.cbsnews.com...
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Leave a Comment The Game On perspective on the Gannon decision
Here’s our take. The good news. 1. The court did not dismiss the case based on a legal issue called standing as the State had asked. 2. The court did not dismiss the case based on a legal issue called “justiciability” and instead held that the Court can issue decisions on school funding. 3. On the question of equity, the Court found that the State created unconstitutional wealth-based disparities by eliminating all capital outlay state aid (“equalization”) payments, LOB and supplemental general state aid payments and required the legislature to address these issues by July 1. 4. The Court...
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