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TOPEKA, Kan., May 15 (UPI) -- Judge Terry Bullock, who ordered Kansas schools closed after June 30 because the law funding them is unconstitutional, is denying he is a judicial activist.
On Tuesday Bullock ruled Kansas must close its public schools while addressing problems in how it pays for education, leading some state legislators to accuse him of being a judicial activist.
Bullock denies the charge. "I'm not activist," the Wichita Eagle quoted him saying. "An activist judge would have written the school finance law, or appointed a commissioner to take over the schools.
His preliminary order -- which does not affect the current school year -- criticized the Legislature for failing to resolve spending discrepancies in its $2.6 billion school finance formula. The Legislature adjourned its 2004 session after reaching gridlock over whether to raise taxes for education.
Bullock, who was appointed in 1976 to the Shawnee County, Kan., District Court by then-Gov. Robert Bennett, issued the order three days after lawmakers adjourned.
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