This does not make us optimistic about the future of Kansas school funding. Please look at any efforts to “reform” the school funding formula in this context. Do you think a new formula will provide better funding for Kansas school children?
“Kansas continues to lag the region in most measures of economic growth, an analysis of reports by the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors shows, despite promises that tax cuts would bring economic growth.
“The analysis, jointly released by The Kansas Center for Economic Growth (KCEG) and the Kansas Economic Progress Council (KEPC), shows that in recent years, Kansas has trailed the region in:
Population growth
Overall production of goods and services, or gross state product
Private industry employment growth”
Read more here: http://ksepc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/News-Release-Trailing-the-Competition-analysis-KEPC-KCEG-March-3-2015.pdf