Butler v. Shawnee Mission School District Board of Education

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 124,205 KRISTIN BUTLER and SCOTT BOZARTH, Plaintiffs, v. SHAWNEE MISSION SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION, Defendant/Appellee, and ATTORNEY GENERAL DEREK SCHMIDT, Intervenor/Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT Constitutional avoidance is a long-standing doctrine of judicial procedure that strongly counsels against a court deciding a case on a constitutional question if the case can be resolved in some other fashion, especially when the question concerns the validity of a statute enacted by our coordinate branches of state government. Appeal from…