Kansas school funding fight set to resume in 2010

Get ready for another round of school funding fights in Kansas. A motion to reopen the K-12 funding case (Montoy) could be filed within the next 10 days an attorney representing a coalition of 53 school districts known as Schools for Fair Funding told the Wichita Eagle yesterday.

After the motion is filed, then it’s up to the Kansas Supreme Court to decide whether to grant a new trial.

If they don’t, awesomely mustached attorney John Robb told the Eagle, then a new lawsuit will be filed.

“If they re-open Montoy, it’s going to be a lot quicker and cheaper,” Robb said.

The attorneys for Schools for Fair Funding have said that education funding cuts have killed the gains made in the Montoy case and violated the state Supreme Court’s ruling as well as the Kansas Constitution.