TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A spreadsheet from legislative researchers shows that nearly half of Kansas’ 286 school districts would see less state aid under a Republican education funding plan.
The plan outlined Thursday would decrease the aid 141 districts had been promised for the 2016-17 school year. The changes would allow Kansas to boost aid for poor districts by $38 million.
Legislators are meeting in a special session to address a state Supreme Court ruling last month that the education funding system remains unfair to poor districts.
The Blue Valley, Olathe and Shawnee Mission districts in Johnson County together would lose more than $6.1 million for 2016-17.
The spreadsheet showed 145 districts gaining aid.
The largest district, Wichita, would gain nearly $8.3 million. Kansas City would gain $1.6 million.