Kansas Liberty: 02 December 2009
State Board of Education member: "Since the Montoy decision ... the schools have been taking more money from the state than they can spend."
Deeper K-12 cuts possible — governor and fed government must approve
Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson’s latest round of cuts places Kansas schools at the same level of funding they received in 2006. Kansas must maintain funding at the 2006 level or possibly risk losing federal stimulus dollars.
One way to bypass this requirement is to request a “maintenance of effort” waiver from the United States Department of Education, which could allow Kansas to dip below the 2006 funding levels. Parkinson is the only...
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