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The West Kansas secession movement ended rather quickly, and a formal petition for secession was never presented to the Kansas legislature.<ref name=GPQ /> Seventeen affected school districts filed lawsuits, but at the end of 1994, the [[Kansas Supreme Court]] upheld the constitutionality of the 1992 act.<ref name=Kauffman>{{cite web | url=http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleid.17490/article_detail.asp | last=Kauffman | first=Bill | author-link=Bill Kauffman|archiveurl= |
The West Kansas secession movement ended rather quickly, and a formal petition for secession was never presented to the Kansas legislature.<ref name=GPQ /> Seventeen affected school districts filed lawsuits, but at the end of 1994, the [[Kansas Supreme Court]] upheld the constitutionality of the 1992 act.<ref name=Kauffman>{{cite web | url=http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleid.17490/article_detail.asp | last=Kauffman | first=Bill | author-link=Bill Kauffman|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214035253/http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleid.17490/article_detail.asp | archivedate=February 14, 2007 | deadurl=yes | publication-date=March 1995 | volume=6 | issue=2 | magazine=[[The American Enterprise]] | p=37 | title=Smaller Is Beautifuller}}</ref> |
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Peter J. McCormick noted in 1995 that "the real differences between the southwest and the rest of Kansas remain, however, as do issues of school control and unfair taxation."<ref name=GPQ /> |
Peter J. McCormick noted in 1995 that "the real differences between the southwest and the rest of Kansas remain, however, as do issues of school control and unfair taxation."<ref name=GPQ /> |
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Revision as of 08:14, 15 September 2016
West Kansas was a proposed state of the United States, advocated by a short-lived secessionist movement in the 1990s.
Background
In May 1992, Kansas Governor Joan Finney signed into law a new school finance formula that adversely affected several south-western Kansas counties.[1] These laws raised taxes and shifted state education funding away from rural school districts and into more urban areas. In reaction to this, a group headed by Don O. Concannon advocated the secession of a number of counties from the state.
Proposals
The group organized a series of straw polls that demonstrated widespread support for secession in nine counties from south-western Kansas:[2] Grant, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearney, Kiowa, Meade, Morton, Stanton, and Stevens.[1]
On September 11, 1992, a constitutional convention was convened in Ulysses, Kansas, at which it was decided to call the new state "West Kansas".[3] A state bird (the pheasant), and a state flower (the yucca) were also chosen.[2]
Result
The West Kansas secession movement ended rather quickly, and a formal petition for secession was never presented to the Kansas legislature.[1] Seventeen affected school districts filed lawsuits, but at the end of 1994, the Kansas Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the 1992 act.[3]
Peter J. McCormick noted in 1995 that "the real differences between the southwest and the rest of Kansas remain, however, as do issues of school control and unfair taxation."[1]
References
- ^ a b c d McCormick, Peter J. (Fall 1995). "The 1992 Secessionist Movement in Southwest Kansas". Great Plains Quarterly. 15 (4): 247–258. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ a b Overby, Peter (December 1992). "We're outta here!". Common Cause Magazine. 18 (4): 23.
- ^ a b Kauffman, Bill (March 1995). "Smaller Is Beautifuller". The American Enterprise. p. 37. Archived from the original on February 14, 2007.
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