Topeka — An attorney who won a school finance lawsuit against the state of Kansas says legislators are headed toward violating state Supreme Court orders.
Alan Rupe, of Wichita, told the Dodge City Daily Globe that the Supreme Court should reopen the case he and other attorneys filed on behalf of school districts, including Dodge City’s.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that the state hadn’t lived up to its constitutional obligation to finance an adequate education for every child.
The court closed the case in 2006, after legislators approved phasing in an $892 million increase in aid to public schools by the 2008-09 school year.
But legislators have subtracted almost $33 million and could cut it up to $113 million more in the wake of a projected budget deficit.
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avoice (anonymous) says…
Maybe financing an "adequate" education for every child is somewhat dependent on the overall funds available. I know that in my family's budget, what once would have seemed very inadequate now constitutes something to be very thankful for.
avoice (anonymous) says…
Maybe financing an "adequate" education for every child is rather dependent on the overall funds available. I know that in my family's budget, what once would have seemed very inadequate now constitutes something to be very thankful for.
Agnostick (anonymous) says…
Rupe needs to crawl back under his rock. There's a point where the same old act looks tired and tawdry. He's been dancing these steps too long.
Agnostick
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deskboy04 (anonymous) says…
Dancing these steps too long? The education of Kansas kids seem like a cause that is worthy of dancing with for quite a while.
nekansan (anonymous) says…
The only numbers ever used as evidence of the amount of $$ that constitutes a adequate education came right from the legislatures own study which is exactly the $$ amount the court ordered. Rupe basically kicked the KS legislatures hiney with their own stick and they have been too stupid to go back and revisit the issue so that they could even present any studies or information that contradicts their previous data. The state constitution doesn't say "finance an adequate education for every child as long as the State can afford it & the legislature feels like paying."
xbusguy (chris Ogle) says…
The State has ducked, tucked, and ran away from it's promise. If we didn't have the funds, then the funds should not have been promised in the first place...... . Kansas is a prime example of why we are in this mess as a country,.
Shardwurm (anonymous) says…
There's so much fraud, waste, and abuse in the education industry that a $300 million shortage means the funding is about where it should be.