A district judge agreed Wednesday with Dodge City Community College attorney David Rebein that the school has the right to sue the Kansas Board of Regents for decades of unfair vocational funding and ruled that his courtroom is the place to do it.
Shawnee County District Judge Franklin Theis' ruling was a blow to the state board of regents, which had argued strongly Theis should toss the case out. Assistant attorney general Steve Philips had also failed to persuade the judge that DCCC's case didn't even belong in his jurisdiction.
And on Friday, the state lost it's biggest motion yet, when the regents asked Judge Theis to order the college to take its case elsewhere — namely judicial review.
Theis didn't buy it. The judge found evidence the DCCC board had already satisfied most of the documentation required by the Judicial Review Act. Ironically, it consisted of all the letters sent by the college board to KBOR over the years, most of which had gone unanswered.
Now, it looks like DCCC might finally get an answer to some of those questions.
Theis' Friday ruling removed the regents' last procedural obstacle, which clears the way for the civil trial DCCC has been fighting for.
For the full story, go to dodgecitydailyglobe.ks.newsmemory.com.
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A district judge agreed Wednesday with Dodge City Community College attorney David Rebein that the school has the right to sue the Kansas Board of Regents for decades of unfair vocational funding and ruled that his courtroom is the place to do it.
Shawnee County District Judge Franklin Theis' ruling was a blow to the state board of regents, which had argued strongly Theis should toss the case out. Assistant attorney general Steve Philips had also failed to persuade the judge that DCCC's case didn't even belong in his jurisdiction.
And on Friday, the state lost it's biggest motion yet, when the regents asked Judge Theis to order the college to take its case elsewhere — namely judicial review.
Theis didn't buy it. The judge found evidence the DCCC board had already satisfied most of the documentation required by the Judicial Review Act. Ironically, it consisted of all the letters sent by the college board to KBOR over the years, most of which had gone unanswered.
Now, it looks like DCCC might finally get an answer to some of those questions.
Theis' Friday ruling removed the regents' last procedural obstacle, which clears the way for the civil trial DCCC has been fighting for.
For the full story, go to dodgecitydailyglobe.ks.newsmemory.com.
