Kansas school funding court case continues

(AP) — Plaintiffs in the ongoing Kansas school finance lawsuit have told the state Supreme Court that reading and math test scores in Kansas show the state is failing to fund its public schools adequately.

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

The four plaintiff school districts point to recent scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress that show minority students and students from lower-income households consistently score lower than white and upper-income students, and that the disadvantaged groups are falling further behind in some cases.