Fund Education First legislation should be reality

After the state Supreme Court issued a scathing rebuke of legislative budgeting practices of the majority party based on the strong language on the priority of education in our state constitution, House Republicans again put forward their Fund Education First legislation. I cosponsored House Bill 2533, which would require budget writers to fund education first in a separate budget and have it signed by the governor before any other appropriations for programs and services.

Following up on House Bill 2533, this week we rolled out our proposal for an education-only budget, House Bill 2770, which...