While we absolutely support efficiency in our schools, we think the legislature keeps hoping in vain that Kansas school funding issues will be solved by finding efficiencies that have somehow eluded them in the past. We had the governor’s efficiency commission in 2012 and the K-12 student performance and efficiency commission in 2014, neither of which identified major efficiencies that weren’t already being used in Kansas schools. Now the state has hired a consulting firm for $1.6 million to identify efficiencies in Kansas government, including public schools. Despite all of that, the new K-12 student success commission is focusing on efficiencies when there is also the issue of a new formula waiting to be addressed.
“After hearing details about K-12 school expenditures, Rep. Jerry Lunn, an Overland Park Republican, said one issue to pursue is the potential savings of sharing services among school districts…
“’I hope what comes out of this is the opportunity for more efficiency,’ Lunn said.”
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