Kansas Lawmakers Await Court Ruling on School Funding

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State May Have to Increase Funding for K-12 Education by 14%

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MARK PETERS 

Updated Jan. 12, 2014 7:51 p.m. ET

After passing some of the most aggressive tax cuts in the nation, Kansas lawmakers are watching the state’s top court for a ruling that could force education spending to skyrocket.

The Kansas Supreme Court will determine whether the state must comply with a lower-court ruling requiring the GOP-led legislature and Republican Gov. Sam Brownback to increase annual funding for K-12 education by an estimated $450 million, or 14% above the previous year’s level. The timing of the ruling is unclear, but it could come to dominate the state legislative session that opens Monday.

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