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TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) -- The Kansas Supreme Court said Saturday it will consider keeping schools closed because state legislators have failed to comply with the court's demand for more money for public schools.
...The court ruled in January that legislators had failed to fulfill a constitutional duty to finance a suitable education for every child, then followed up with a ruling in June demanding additional money.
The justices had ordered legislators to provide, by no later than July 1, an additional $143 million, which lawmakers failed to do. The court now expects attorneys to appear for a hearing next Friday.
Saturday marked the 11th day of a legislative special session called by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. Some legislators wanted to approve changes in the state constitution to limit the court's power, and an impasse over that issue held up passage of an education funding bill.
Emphasis added. The legislature, given ample and adequate time to allocate money to fund education, elects not to do so despite a court order. Their recourse? Changing the constitution, of course, to make the courts bow down to an infantile legislature.
You know, people who disobey a court order get held in contempt. Oh, if only.
...The court ruled in January that legislators had failed to fulfill a constitutional duty to finance a suitable education for every child, then followed up with a ruling in June demanding additional money.
The justices had ordered legislators to provide, by no later than July 1, an additional $143 million, which lawmakers failed to do. The court now expects attorneys to appear for a hearing next Friday.
Saturday marked the 11th day of a legislative special session called by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. Some legislators wanted to approve changes in the state constitution to limit the court's power, and an impasse over that issue held up passage of an education funding bill.
Emphasis added. The legislature, given ample and adequate time to allocate money to fund education, elects not to do so despite a court order. Their recourse? Changing the constitution, of course, to make the courts bow down to an infantile legislature.
You know, people who disobey a court order get held in contempt. Oh, if only.
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