School finance countdown

20 days: The state Supreme Court has given lawmakers until April 12 to produce a constitutional school finance plan.

Wednesday’s highlights

Two school-related committees continue to meet. One is a House-Senate conference committee working on differences between the chambers’ school finance plans. The Senate has approved a $147 million increase to schools, while the House plan has a $116 million increase. The other committee of senators is trying to come up with revenue increases for schools to cover the next three years.

Quote of the day

“KU is not in the tournament. WSU is not in the tournament. It snowed yesterday. Let’s get spring going.”

— State Rep. Todd Novascone,

R-Wichita, in taking the chair to preside over the House on Wednesday