This will decimate our school system, superintendent says of Kansas funding plan

TOPEKA - Public school officials voiced concerns and complaints at a hearing Thursday on a new school finance proposal that would boost funding by more than $75 million.

One sticking point: More than 100 school districts would lose money next year, mainly because of declining enrollment.

“This will decimate our school system and impact the safety and well-being of our students,” Shelly Kiblinger, superintendent of the Hutchinson school district, said in written testimony about her district losing $2.9 million under the plan.

Rep. Larry Campbell, the Olathe Republican who leads the K-12 education committee, told the crowd of school officials and lobbyists that the hearing was “the beginning of a long process.”

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