Block grants become law, funding cuts immediate

“Senate Bill 7, the controversial legislation that repeals the old school finance formula and replaces it for two years with a system of block grants to school districts, officially became law Thursday [April 2] when it was published in the Kansas Register.

“For the time being, at least, school districts will immediately start to be funded under a different formula. Some, including the Lawrence school district, will start receiving less money than they had expected when they adopted their budgets last August. But it remains to be seen how long state courts will allow that to continue.”

Read more here: http://www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/capitol-report/2015/apr/2/block-grant-bill-becomes-law-all-eyes-no/

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