“Brownback repeatedly touted K-12 education during the news conference, but would not definitively say that cuts to K-12 education would be off the table.

“’I didn’t hear a specific answer,’ said Scott Rothschild, spokesman for the Kansas Association of School Boards. ‘Our position is we need a sustainable, reliable source of tax revenue, and we’ll see if this does it or not.’

“’Schools have been on high alert for years. There’s all this talk about was our funding increased or was it decreased. Schools are dealing with severe funding challenges,’ Rothschild said. ‘Our funding is not keeping up with inflation.’…

“With the cut, the state is projected to have an ending balance of less than $40 million – without additional cuts from the governor — and only if everything goes exactly as planned, which is unlikely, said Joseph Henchman, a policy analyst with the conservative-leaning Tax Foundation in Washington, D.C.

“’Everything’s got to work perfectly,’ Henchman said, predicting that additional budget cuts or tax increases would be on the horizon. ‘Their projections have to be perfect for the next three years.’”

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