To the editor:

This writer thought that conservative Sen. Jeff King of Independence had at least partially changed his far-right politics when he proposed funding KanCare, the Kansas version of Medicaid. It was shot down by the Republican led legislature as expected.

Now, just as I thought it was safe to go back in the Jeff King territorial waters, “Jaws” appeared in the personage of the same Jeff King. His proposal to change the Kansas Constitution and curb the power of independent state courts by mandating that schools can’t be closed even if the Legislature doesn’t fix funding inequities is wrongheaded. It would hamstring future courts from fulfilling their constitutional obligation to see that school funding is adequate and fair for all districts.

Kansans should contact their legislator and urge them not to support Sen. King’s proposal that would curtail the power of state courts to fund schools fairly and adequately.