Salina reports that education has long been held dear in Kansas, but that may be changing.
“’Kansas has always placed a value on education,’ said Salina Superintendent of Schools Bill Hall. ‘It defines who we are.’
“However, in 2015, Kansas lawmakers will likely be looking for ways to decrease public education funding.
“Because of tax cuts approved in 2012, state budget deficits were projected to run in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and legislators were floating ideas as the 2015 session began for cutting the cost of the state’s biggest expense, education.
“The month before the session opened, a district court ruled that the state is already underfunding its K-12 education system.”