Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today filed the state’s formal appeal with the Kansas Supreme Court in the school finance litigation.
The Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools district and Turner Public Schools district are among the school districts in Schools for Fair Funding.
The attorney general previously had said he would appeal this decision. The attorney general released a statement today:
“Today, our office has filed with the Kansas Supreme Court the formal paperwork to docket the State’s appeal of the three-judge panel’s December 30, 2014, school finance ruling. This completes the formal legal request for the Supreme Court to review the panel’s decision, which we think is legally flawed and inconsistent with the Supreme Court’s prior instruction. We will brief our arguments more fully in the course of the appeal.”
A copy of the docketing statement is available at: http://1.usa.gov/1BniSOp
See previous school finance litigation stories at https://wyandotteonline.com/kansas-attorney-general-asks-judges-for-clarity-in-school-finance-case/.
https://wyandotteonline.com/decision-handed-down-in-gannon-school-finance-case/
https://wyandotteonline.com/school-funding-not-adequate-in-kansas-district-court-rules/
https://wyandotteonline.com/both-sides-praised-recent-school-finance-panel-decision/