State Budget Problems May Affect School Spending
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The Kansas House's top Republican says budget problems may force the state to rethink its commitments on aid to public schools.

Speaker Melvin Neufeld said Wednesday that the GOP-controlled Legislature doesn't plan to touch a small increase in spending on schools they've already promised for the 2009-10 school year.

But he says state revenues could fall short of expectations, as they did during the fiscal year that ended June 30.

Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has said she opposes any cuts in spending on public schools or higher education that would affect students directly.
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Posted by: cliff Location: wichita on Aug 15, 2008 at 07:12 AM
the reason school funding, police and fire protection funds must be cut is that nobody would mind to much if legislative raises wre cut, or governors mansion budget was cut. by threatning schools, police and fire budgets, they usually get to raise taxes.
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