Gannon v. State of Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
308 Kan. 372, 420 P.3d 477 (2018)
- Written by Galina Abdel Aziz , JD
Facts
After cuts to education funding, a group of parents (plaintiffs) sued the State of Kansas (Kansas) (defendant) in November 2010 alleging that the legislature unconstitutionally underfunded public education. A panel held that Kansas unconstitutionally underfunded public education between 2009 and 2012. In 2015, the legislature repealed the School District Finance and Quality Performance Act (SDFQPA) and replaced it with the Classroom Learning Assuring Student Success Act (CLASS). In March 2017, the Kansas Supreme Court held that CLASS was constitutionally inadequate in structure and implementation. The legislature passed Senate Bill 19 (SB19), which returned to the same basic finance formula and revenue streams as the SDFQPA. The supreme court generally approved of SB19 but held that Kansas failed to demonstrate how SB19 reasonably addressed inadequate funding. Kansas argued that its remediation plan, embodied by SB19, constitutionally funded education. Kansas argued that it was adding new money to the public-school finance system, including a scheduled $854 million. The parents argued that inflation diminished the value of the new funding.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Per curiam)
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