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A report from KCEG, “Tax Cuts Taking A Toll on Kansas Communities”, details impacts of unaffordable and unprecedented tax cuts on Kansas communities. When a recession ends, recovery is supposed to begin – and it is, for all the states in our region, EXCEPT Kansas. Our self-inflicted crisis caused by the 2012 & 2013 tax cuts is leaving Kansans and their communities to bear the burden for this misguided and ill-advised path. See the full report at http://realprosperityks.com/kac/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tax_cuts3.pdf...

In preparation for a special board meeting, Eudora Superintendent Steve Spichal explains the reality behind the funding numbers and the true impact of the block grant cuts on Eudora schools. Please read it; many districts find themselves in similar positions. In March, Governor Brownback signed a bill passed by the Kansas Legislature that replaces the school finance formula with a “block grant” system of funding for the next two years. (This was done with Senate Bill 7.) The previous formula distributed money to school districts based on the number students in our schools on September 20th each year....