From our friends at Educate Lawrence, “The legislature’s block grant to Lawrence schools has placed our school district in a stressful financial position. Thanks to our school board for making the difficult decision to increase local property taxes to partially address the $1.2 million budget crisis caused by Governor Brownback and our legislative leaders. Adequately funding our public schools is an investment in economic development, an educated workforce, and our future community leaders.”
Read more here: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2015/aug/10/school-board-approves-property-tax-increase-looks-/