We've talked a lot, in recent days, about school funding and the deadline lawmakers have to come up with a new school funding formula.

With a fast approaching deadline, Eyewitness News spoke with Alan Rupe, the attorney representing schools in the lawsuit against the state about what he says lawmakers have to do get the Kansas Supreme Court's blessing on school funding.

Kansas courts could shut down schools if state lawmakers do not make education funding fair to every district in the state by June 30.

This issue is part of the Gannon v. The State of Kansas lawsuit filed in 2010.

What's under debate right now is whether your student has the same opportunities as students in other Kansas school districts. That's the equity you've heard us talk about.

This is the second time, the first coming in February 2016, where the Kansas Supreme Court said the funding to Kansas schools was not fair.

"It's an easy fix, it just takes the political will and money to do it," said Rupe.

Rupe used this analogy to explain what lawmakers need to do to fulfill the Supreme Court's ruling.

"Cut off some of the mountain tops, get some additional funding and fill in the valleys and that will probably achieve equity and keep the schools open," said Rupe.

He says think of it like this, richer school districts are the tops of the mountains. If lawmakers cut some of that money and give it to poorer districts, it makes district funding more equal.

Broken down, that would be $11.8 million from the districts and $5.7 from the state for a total of $17.5 million.

As you can imagine, those richer districts do not like this solution.

Rupe says a second option is to do the same thing as the first, but have the state replace what those richer districts lost. That gives poorer districts additional money without the richer ones losing anything.

The third option is to go back to the funding formula before block grants, which the court has already approved.

Option two and three cost the most around $29.3 million.

It's an issue dividing schools, courts and lawmakers on what's fair for your child's education.

If lawmakers go back to the old funding formula, Rupe says Blue Valley would lose more than $2.4 million, Shawnee Mission would lose $1.4 million and Olathe would lose nearly $900,000.

Wichita schools would receive an additional $5.3 million and Kansas City would get more than $1 million.