Schools say test scores show funding in Kansas is inadequate

Topeka — Plaintiffs in the ongoing school finance lawsuit are telling the Kansas Supreme Court that student test scores in reading and math prove Kansas is failing to fund its public schools adequately and that schools need roughly half a billion dollars a year in additional funding.

But attorneys for the state counter that funding is at record levels and all schools are meeting state accreditation standards, and they say a court order for additional funding would be "a flagrant violation of the separation of powers."

Those are some of the central arguments that both parties made in briefs filed with the court on Friday.

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