United GOP in Kansas Senate blocks Kelly school funding plan

 

February 27, 2019



TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Unified Republicans blocked an attempt Tuesday by the Kansas Senate's top Democrat to speed up work on education funding issues and advance Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's plan for increasing spending on public schools.

The new Democratic governor has urged legislators to pass a school funding bill by the end of this month to comply with a Kansas Supreme Court ruling last year that said the state's current spending isn't sufficient, even with increases approved last year. But with her target date of Thursday approaching, no legislative committee has taken a vote.

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