TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer has signed legislation fixing a flaw in a new public school funding law as the state Supreme Court prepares to consider whether it increases spending enough.
Colyer’s office tweeted photos Monday from a signing ceremony at the Olathe public schools’ headquarters. The bill ensures that the state phases in a $534 million increase in spending over five years as intended.
At @OlatheSchools this morning to sign the school funding bill fix. This bill gets more money in the classroom and adds accountability without raising taxes on hardworking Kansas families. #ksleg pic.twitter.com/kcjnqccWnF
— Governor Jeff Colyer (@GovJeffColyer) May 7, 2018
Legislators learned before Colyer signed the new funding law in April that it inadvertently shorted schools $80 million.
The Supreme Court ruled in October that the state’s current funding of more than $4 billion a year isn’t sufficient under the state constitution.
Attorney General Derek Schmidt planned to file written defense of the law Monday ahead of a Supreme Court hearing on it May 22.
