TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a school funding case on the same day state officials and university economists are meeting to issue new tax collection projections.

The new forecast coming out Friday is expected to be more pessimistic than the existing one, which could create challenges if the state is ordered to spend more on its schools.

A Shawnee County District Court panel found in June that the state’s newly enacted strategy for financing 286 school districts and cuts to state aid for low-income school districts were unconstitutional. The Supreme Court granted Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s request for a stay on the order while pursued an appeal.

Schmidt and Gov. Sam Brownback say the judicial panel in the school finance case overstepped its constitutional authority.