Kansas Supreme Court says school funding still inadequate but gives lawmakers another year to fix problems

The Kansas Supreme Court said Monday that the five-year, $522 million increase to school funding that lawmakers approved this year is still inadequate.

But instead of forcing lawmakers into a special session this summer to correct the problems, as it had earlier threatened to do, the court said lawmakers could address problems with the formula during the 2019 regular session that begins in January.

According to the Kansas State Department of Education, the Lawrence school district is expected to receive an additional $3.4 million in funding under the new formula, including just less than $1.3 million in new special education funding.

In a unanimous 39-page opinion, the court said the major problem with the funding plan was its failure to properly account for inflation during the first two years.

Kansas Supreme Court says school funding still inadequate but gives lawmakers another year to fix problems

Kansas Supreme Court says school funding still inadequate but gives lawmakers another year to fix problems

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