TOPEKA — Four Johnson County public school districts want to sue the state of Kansas for more than 15 years of inadequate special education funding.
The districts formed the Kansas Public School Funding Coalition and are seeking legal counsel, they announced in a Wednesday press release. The coalition aims to secure adequate general and special education funding for every Kansas public school.
“Despite longstanding legal requirements, the Legislature and state elected officials have consistently and deliberately chosen to shift those costs onto school districts and local taxpayers rather than fulfill their legal obligation,”the districts said….