Local property taxes could rise across Kansas under an education funding bill approved by legislators, and critics contend that the distribution of state funding would become less fair to poor school districts.
Republican supermajorities in both chambers passed the plan last month to comply with a state Supreme Court order in February to improve funding for poor schools. They hoped to head off the court’s threat to shut down schools statewide if lawmakers don’t fix education funding problems by June 30.
The status of school funding ...