“Have we not been tightening our belts for months?” Hinson said. “And then for the legislature that had the longest session ever to spend all that money [on the excess days in session], and then to spend close to $3 million for this audit, I think that brings concern to all of us about the motivation, about the intent behind that process.”

“Hinson said the district had heard nothing about the creation of a new school finance formula, a step that was promised as part of the move to a two-year block grant funding system that was supposed to provide a ‘time out’ for legislators to craft a long-term funding solution.

“Hinson has indicated that he expects the state to have difficulty fully funding its obligations to the schools under the block grant bill in the coming months. And while he’s been upfront about the financial challenges Shawnee Mission faces under the block grant, he said Kansans need to be realistic about the options if they want more money pumped into the public education system.

“’We either have to change a lot of the [tax] credits and abatements [given to businesses], or we have to increase the rate of tax that everybody pays. It’s the only way you can do it,’ he said.”

Read more here: http://pvpost.com/2015/12/15/hinson-says-parts-of-alvarez-marsal-audit-of-shawnee-mission-school-have-been-offensive-45591