A Kansas Senate committee has approved a Republican education funding plan aimed at satisfying a state Supreme Court mandate and averting a threat that schools will shut down.

The Ways and Means Committee’s 9-2 vote Thursday sent the plan to the full Senate for a debate that is expected Friday. Lawmakers are meeting in a special session to address a Supreme Court ruling last month.

The plan would boost aid to poor school districts by $38 million, but much of the money would come from reshuffling existing education dollars. The votes against the plan came from the committee’s two Democrats.

The Supreme Court said the state’s education funding system remains unfair to poor school districts. The justices warned that schools wouldn’t be able to reopen after June 30 without changes.