“However, the real joke is on public schools in the state. Whether they realized it not, each of them contributed to this $12.3 million fund…
“Lawmakers weren’t forthcoming that extraordinary funding was actually being deducted (or stolen, you use your own description) from state aid that districts were supposed to be getting this year. Lost funding for the Scott County school district is $21,560; in Wichita County it’s $11,965; and in the Dighton district it’s $6,859.
“Conservative lawmakers were content with taking credit for their generosity until confronted with the truth by Dan Brungardt, superintendent of the Bonner Springs school district. When appearing before the Senate Finance Council which was doling out the emergency funds, Brungardt noted that the $55,000 which the council had ‘awarded’ his district was only $3,000 more than what had been deducted from the state aid his district was supposed to receive.
“He pointed out that, in reality, the Council had given his district only $76 in state aid for each of the additional 39 students in his district.”
Read more here: http://www.scottcountyrecord.com/opinions/generosity-not-so-extraordinary