In State of the State address, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback tells courts not to order school funding

by Naph on March 21, 2014

TOPEKA — With a landmark court case on school finance looming, Gov. Sam Brownback delivered a stern message to the courts Wednesday about who bankrolls education in Kansas.

“The Constitution empowers the Legislature — the people’s representatives — to fund our schools,” Brownback told lawmakers Wednesday night in his annual State of the State address.

“This is the people’s business, done by the people’s house through the wonderfully untidy — but open for all to see — business of appropriations,” the Republican governor told an audience that included members of the Kansas Supreme Court.