Kansas Supreme Court finds state underfunds schools

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



02 MAR 2017 AT 13:00 ET

The Kansas Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the state’s system of funding primary and secondary public schools falls short of an adequacy requirement in the state constitution.

The high court said it was delaying enforcement of its unanimous ruling until the end of June to give the legislature time to respond.

It warned that if the state fails to come up with a funding system that complies with the constitution by the June 30 deadline, the court will move to void the current method of school finance.

Kansas spends more than $4 billion a year on schools, with most of the money coming from the state general fund. During oral arguments before the court in September, lawyers for the four districts that filed the lawsuit claimed another $430 million to $1.4 billion would be required to meet the state constitution’s requirement for adequate funding.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/kansas-supreme-court-finds-state-underfunds-schools/

[Kensan]

1. Brownback is running out of solutions...

Letting flow-through income avoid taxation wasn't exactly the success he imagined. How was he supposed to know that Laffer-style Reaganomics was total bull feces?

I know...he should propose to eliminate all taxes on investment income, but only for those taxpayers making over $250,000.

Those high income folks are the divine job creators. I'm sure they will use their massive portfolio incomes to expand business operations and hire new workers. No way they would just sit on it, or at best, buy a one-time expensive toy to show off to their peers.

Brownback has to act fast. He's got to sell this idea publicly, since his own legislature is already voting to overturn his veto and rescind the flow-through income tax exemption. Won't somebody think about the rich...and their children?

[Bengus81]

3. The Kansas Senate could have done their JOB a week or so ago.....

With a veto override and this latest version of TINKLE down would be history. Nope,voted to go along with Brokeback and do more raiding to try and balance the budget.

[Crash2Parties]

2. Quick! Put someone in as head of the DoE who will simply abolish educational requirements!

(bitter sarcasm)