The governor’s block grant proposal is a cut in public education spending.

“[H]is budget recommendation actually calls for a 4 percent reduction in four key classroom funding categories: general state aid, supplemental state aid, capital outlay aid and the school district finance fund. K-12 schools will get $127 million less in those categories next year…Schools will get an additional $8 million next year under the current law to fund bond and interest on capital improvements and another $6.5 million to maintain the state’s match on federal aid for special education, but they also will be expected to pay $90 million more into the Kansas Public Retirement System to fund their employees’ retirement.”

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2015/jan/25/editorial-education-accounting/