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The Kansas City Kansas Community College Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, at the executive board room at the college, 7250 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan.
On the agenda are budget items and miscellaneous items.
The forecast today, Election Day, for Wyandotte County is warmer, as temperatures will reach a high near 48 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
While there is snow predicted this afternoon for the region, it currently appears to be south of a Gardner, Kan., to Boonville, Mo., line, which is south of Wyandotte County, according to the weather service. Freezing drizzle and freezing rain are possible with that storm, the weather service said.
The temperature was 41 degrees in Wyandotte County at 8 a.m., according to the weather service. It was a little misty in some areas this morning. A southwest wind of 10 to 17 mph will become north northwest in the afternoon, and winds could gust as high as 26 mph, the weather service said.
A cold front is expected to move through the region this afternoon, according to the weather service. The high of 46 degrees is expected around noon today. Temperatures will begin falling, and at 3 p.m., the high may be 45 degrees, according to the weather service. At 6 p.m., the high may be 40 degrees.
Around 9 p.m. today, temperatures will drop to 32 degrees, the freezing point, and at midnight, to 26 degrees.
No precipitation is expected in Wyandotte County until 6 a.m. Wednesday, when there is a slight chance of snow, and temperatures will be 17 degrees.
Wednesday, there will be a 20 percent chance of snow in the morning, lasting until 1 p.m., the weather service said. The high will be near 28, and a north wind will be 10 to 14 mph with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Wednesday night’s low will be around 11, the weather service said.
Thursday, skies will be sunny and the high will be near 33, according to the weather service. Thursday night’s low will be 23.
Friday, expect sunny skies with a high near 48, the weather service said. The low Friday night will be around 30.
Saturday will be springlike with sunny skies and a high of 51, according to the weather service. Sunday’s and Monday’s high may be near 54, the weather service said.
The Kansas Supreme Court issued an order today in the Gannon school finance case.
The court ordered the plaintiffs, who are school districts, to respond by Tuesday, March 3, to the state’s motion to stay the panel’s proceedings or remand the case to a three-judge panel.
In the case, the state of Kansas is appealing a three-judge panel decision, which ruled that although the Legislature had substantially complied with its obligation to provide equity in school funding, it had failed to comply with the adequacy requirements of Article 6 of the Kansas Constitution.
On Jan. 23, the state filed a motion to amend the panel’s Dec. 30 order. Then, on Jan. 27, the plaintiffs, a group including the Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools, Turner Public Schools, and others, filed a motion to alter the Dec. 30 order regarding the equity holding. A hearing on the motions was scheduled March 5.
The state also filed a notice of appeal in the Shawnee County district court on Jan. 28 and later in the Kansas Supreme Court on Feb. 18, with a brief due March 30.
Then, Feb. 27, the state filed a corrected motion for an order staying further panel proceedings pending disposition of the appeal, or in an alternative, an order remanding the case for the limited purpose of having the panel resolve the state’s motion to alter or amend. In that motion, the state argued its appeal had been docketed with the Supreme Court, and the panel no longer had jurisdiction to consider the state’s outstanding motion to alter or amend in the district court. It requested the Supreme Court to either stay any further proceedings before the panel on the motion to alter or amend, or remand the case to the panel for the limited purpose of resolving its motion to alter or amend.
The Supreme Court gave the plaintiffs until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, to respond to the state’s motion to stay the panel’s proceedings or remand the case to the panel, adding there would be no extensions of time.