Kansas lawmakers advance first part of school funding fix
March 23, 2018
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers on Thursday advanced the first piece of a plan to satisfy a state Supreme Court mandate on public school funding, a bill designed to make the distribution of education dollars fairer to poorer areas.
The bill's approval by a special Senate committee on school finance came on the 69th day of the Legislature's scheduled 90-day annual session and represented the first significant movement on the biggest issue facing lawmakers this year. The full Senate expects to debate the measure next week.
The Supreme Court ruled in October that the state isn't spendin...
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