A little raggedy?

(Syndicated to Kansas newspapers July 15, 2013)

Martin HawverAlready, months before the October hearing before the Kansas Supreme Court on whether the state needs to pony up more than $440 million in additional money for K-12 schools, the governor has been put on notice that state statutes require him to seek $672 million more in school aid next year.

The court case: School districts have already been awarded—and put on hold until the Supremes think it through—that $440 million by a three-judge panel at the district court level. The Supreme Court case essentially will be to apply the official stamp of approval for that expenditure.