“’I do appreciate the fact that you’re looking at maybe giving us $55,000,’ [Dan Brungardt, superintendent of Bonner Springs] said, ‘but I would like to point out that’s only an additional $3,000 once you take away the deduction for the fund.’
“Brungardt said the state subtracted more than $52,000 in general state aid from USD 204’s budget this year to contribute to the emergency aid pool.
“The $3,000, he said, would be the actual new money USD 204 would receive to serve 39 new students. That is $76 per student…
“Cory Gibson, superintendent of the 2,800-student Valley Center USD 262, one of the districts that sought extraordinary needs aid this week, took to Twitter the day after the hearing.
“’VC was required to contribute $64k towards the extraordinary needs fund,’ he wrote, adding this is a loss of $3,000, because the State Finance Council granted Valley Center about $61,000 in aid.
“That is more than Bonner Springs took away. The State Finance Council ultimately adopted a plan for disbursing emergency aid that disqualified any districts with enrollment growth of less than 2 percent. That cut out a few districts, including Bonner Springs.”
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