Kansas Republicans were dumbfounded, shocked, amazed, baffled, flabbergasted, tongue tied, perplexed, and at times, outraged when a report commissioned by the Republican body, designed to find out what was needed to fund Kansas education came back with the same answer they have heard repeatedly from the Kansas Supreme Court for years.
Rep. Jim Karleskint, R-Tonganoxie, also said he was not expecting such a report.
"I still don't understand it totally after seeing it just briefly, but I think the numbers, those that commissioned the study were surprised with what it says," he said after the presentation.
Some senators noticed data line discrepancies — for example, tiny Oberlin school district and Olathe school district had their number of students transposed in a sheet; however, few of these changes are viewed as changing the fundamental nature of the report — that the Kansas Supreme court is right, and has been for some time, and that the state legislature will spend the next few months of session debating how they intend to successfully fund schools.