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Here’s the perspective in Ark City. “The newest cuts have left USD 470 approximately $174,000 shy of its previous budget numbers for the 2014-15 school year, school board members learned at their regular meeting. “While the school district has $180,000 in contingency funds, district Superintendent Ron Ballard said he is hesitant to use those funds because the district might need that money well into the next school year. “If it is passed, an additional bill, SB 71, could cost USD 470 yet another $126,000 in funding, Ballard indicated.” http://www.arkcity.net/news/top_story/usd-addresses-financial-impact/article_e6bcfc00-b1b3-11e4-9dad-9b27d0796c78.html...

Garden City and Holcomb are feeling the cuts, too. ” “Garden City USD 457 Superintendent Rick Atha said that it isn’t just the loss of revenue that is potentially harmful to the district, but the timing of that loss. “’The additional (cuts) being imposed by Governor Brownback of 1.5 percent for K-12 will reduce Garden City Public Schools’ revenue for this current budget year by $470,000. This loss of funding will pose financial challenges to the district,’ Atha said in an email to The Telegram. ‘Any future reductions in the budget, this year or next year, will have...