“Cory Gibson, the superintendent for Valley Center, said in an e-mail that school districts ‘were assured that the extraordinary fund would be there as a ‘safety net’ for growth, but this appears once again to be a failed promise by some lawmakers.’…
“Brownback’s budget director, Shawn Sullivan, had proposed setting a 1 percent enrollment increase as the threshold. Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka, made a motion to approve this proposal, but it was voted down by every Republican on the committee, including Brownback…
“The old school finance formula would have automatically adjusted for increases in enrollment. The Legislature eliminated that formula in March at Brownback’s urging and replaced it with block grants based on last year’s enrollment totals.”
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