Rep. Ryckman, Jr. doesn’t seem to think the funding our school districts seek is necessary.
“Rep. Ron Ryckman Jr., head of the House’s budget panel, said Kansans should ask questions of their local school boards to understand whether tax increases are justified.
“’I think that’s where a lot of the scrutiny needs to come — at the local level and how the school boards are spending the money,’ said Ryckman, R-Olathe. “We can’t control that. We allocate money to a school board, and they decide how much goes to administration, how much goes to the teacher, how much goes to whatever.”
We recommend he read this: http://tallmankasb.blogspot.com/2015/07/why-are-school-districts-cutting.html?m=1