Rep. Jerry Lunn of Overland Park said in the Appropriations Committee last week that there is no correlation between school spending and student achievement. This week he said that the state should be able to avoid paying the unexpectedly high supplemental aid for schools. We hope his public school constituents are paying attention.

“The governor is sticking by an earlier proposal to cover the extra costs, setting total school aid at $3.7 billion under the current budget, then drop it to $3.6 billion for the next fiscal year. He’s also proposing that lawmakers repeal the existing formula for distributing aid and write a new one.

“Rep. Jerry Lunn, R-Overland Park, a House Appropriations Committee member, said forgoing the additional funds in the current budget should be an option.

“’When we put this thing together last year, we didn’t realize that we were going to have that $64 million hit,’ Lunn said.”

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