Requests for additional funding by 39 school districts were for the most part denied Monday, regardless of increased student numbers or decreased property values.
Instead, they were told to buck up and act more like the private sector, which can’t go begging every time the numbers look bad.
That’s the justification Susan Wagle, Kansas Senate president and member of the council that reviewed the special requests, gave to district superintendents in denying the bulk of requests.
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