TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas officials have discovered an error in a public school funding bill lawmakers approved that lowers the size of its spending increase by at least $80 million, potentially complicating the states efforts to satisfy a court mandate.
Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer still plans to sign the bill and will work with the GOPcontrolled Legislature to fix the flaw, spokesman Kendall Marr said Tuesday. But the fix might come only days before an April 30 deadline for Attorney General Derek Schmidts office to report to the state Supreme Court on how lawmakers have addressed education funding problems.
The bill approved by lawmakers early Sunday was meant to phase in a $534 million spending increase over five years, and with the flaw, the figure is $454 million or perhaps a little less.