Iola schools have little chance of seeing any of the proposed $129 million that legislators say they will direct to public schools to satisfy a recent court ruling demanding equal funding among state schools.
“At best, we’ll keep the status quo,” said Jack Koehn, USD 257 superintendent of schools.
That’s because legislators are robbing Peter to pay Paul.
For rural school districts, the most damage will come from big cuts to districts’ transportation budgets and their online virtual education programs.
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257 left out of funding plan
