Shared by Shannon Kimball USD 497 Board of Ed on Facebook on February 12, 2019:

“We often hear concerns that K-12 education takes up half of the state general fund budget; that this level of funding is not sustainable, and that K-12 aid – partially in response to school finance lawsuits – is crowding out funding for other programs. Actually, K-12 funding has been about 50 percent of the SGF since the 1990’s.

In fact, the main school finance programs – general or base state aid, special education aid, equalization aid for local option budgets and capital outlay – has actually been declining as a share of the state general fund. “

Credit to Mark Tallman at KASB for the information! If you are interested in solid facts on school finance, follow the Kansas Association of School Boards.

Originally posted to Facebook on 02/12/2019.