The state Supreme Court's brief order Tuesday shutting down the suit said legislators have fulfilled promises of annual increases in aid to the state's 286 local school districts as outlined in a 2019 law.
But closing the case gives the Legislature more leeway on school funding issues in the short term.
Educators who feel legislators aren't providing enough money or distributing it fairly enough were able to take their complaints directly to the state Supreme Court while the case was open.
Four school districts sued the state in 2010, and the Supreme Court issued seven rulings from 2010 to 2019.
The first six told lawmakers that they needed to increase spending or distribute the money more fairly or both.
Persons:
backtracked, Vic Miller, Eric Rosen, ” Leah Fliter, Laura Kelly, Kelly, “, Dan Hawkins, Sen, Molly Baumgardner, Kris Kobach, Kobach, ” Kobach, Alan Rupe, ”
Organizations:
Republican, GOP, Republicans, Kansas House, Kansas Association of School, Democratic Gov, Wichita Republican
Locations:
TOPEKA, Kan, Kansas, —, Wichita, Kansas City