Pressure, tempers up in push for Kansas school aid increase
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) " Political pressure intensified and tempers flared Saturday as some Republicans tried to push an increase in spending on public schools through the Kansas Legislature over the objections of GOP colleagues in hopes of meeting a court mandate.Dozens of teachers, many of them wearing red shirts, converged on the Statehouse ahead of a Senate debate on a bill that would phase in a $534 million increase in education funding over five years. The House passed the bill, 63- [...]
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