“At Monday’s board meeting, Doll said he wanted to make it clear the district is also considering cuts, not just additional property taxes. He said the district’s finance advisory committee was in the process of identifying and recommending ‘hundreds of thousands of dollars in cuts’ to the district’s budget.

“A new block grant system of funding, signed into law in March by Gov. Sam Brownback, has been estimated to result in a $1.6 million hit to the Lawrence district. That figure is not final, though, with the Legislature still working on the state budget.”

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