Plans to increase funding for education are going nowhere fast thanks to political in-fighting and the Legislature’s tendency to put off the biggest issues until the last minute.
At the crux of the debate is a Senate-approved plan to add $74 to the per-pupil school finance formula, a move supporters say would inch the state toward restoring big cuts made in the midst of the recession.
Wichita Democrat Rep. Jim Ward, who is on the education conference committee, said he worries that the push to pass a massive tax-cutting plan could eat into dollars that could be used to help restore school funding.
(from Wichita Eagle: News http://www.kansas.com/2012/05/01/2318035/school-funding-increase-stalls.html)