TOPEKA — School districts with shrinking student populations have been addressed with a bill setting out state aid guidelines for the next year.
Rep. Kristey Williams, an Augusta Republican, estimated the state has 11 school districts with fewer than 100 students enrolled. As an emergency measure, the Legislature passed a bill addressing one district expected to have eight students total enrolled in the 2024-2025 school year.
“In this situation of extreme declining enrollment, it’s not the intent of the Kansas legislature to fund anything but those students, and so…
