“Kansas school districts are facing financial pressures after losing $51 million they expected to receive for the current school year after Gov. Sam Brownback signed a school funding overhaul bill in March. The new school funding plan scraps the previous formula for determining state aid and replaces it with block grants, which will give districts a fixed amount of money for the next two years while the Legislature develops a new formula.
“The Twin Valley board … members said in a news release that the district was having difficulty withstanding ‘the present mid-year, unplanned financial cuts recently signed into law.’…
“[Superintendent Bev] Mortimer said the Concordia district will save about $30,000 by not running buses and the cafeteria, and by not paying certain staff members.”
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