An astounding proposal by the Kansas House Appropriations Committee would reverse the state’s school finance philosophy and go back to dependence on the local property tax.
As USD 257 Superintendent of Schools Craig Neuenswander explained in Tuesday’s Register, district taxpayers would see a 25 percent increase in their property tax as the 257 levy leaped 12.98 mills to 61 mills and state funding fell by $273,562 if the bill became law.
All school districts in Kansas with low assessed valuations would see massive levy increases while high-dollar districts would not.…
