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UPDATED: Four JoCo school districts position for legal challenge over special ed funding

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(Updated to include email response sent to Republicans from Senate majority, a statement from House speaker and reaction from Democratic candidate for governor)

Four Johnson County school districts are banding together with an eye toward bring a legal challenge over the state not fully funding special education in Kansas.

The  four districts - Blue Valley, De Soto, Olathe and Shawnee Mission School District – have signed an agreement  establishing the "Kansas Public School Funding Coalition."

They described it as a "unified and strategic effort to address the Kansas Legislature’s continued failure to adequately fund public education and meet its legal obligation . . .

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