Kansas Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce, left, a Nickerson Republican, confers with Senate President Susan Wagle, right, a Wichita Republican, in a hallway at the back of the Senate chamber during its session, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Senate GOP leaders are pushing a school funding plan aimed at complying with a Kansas Supreme Court mandate to boost aid to poor school districts. (AP Photo/John Hanna)