Supreme Court urged to keep oversight of school funding case

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The plaintiffs in the school funding lawsuit are asking the state Supreme Court to keep oversight of the landmark education funding case, saying the Legislature can't be trusted to provide constitutional funding for public education.

"The Kansas legislature has proven itself hungry to violate constitutional funding
requirements, but this court’s continued jurisdiction...has prevented it from doing so," the plaintiffs argued in a motion filed by mail.

Lawyers for the plaintiffs say the Legislature has targeted provisions in the law that increase school funding based on the consumer price index, most recently during the last legislative session.

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