(KMZA)--The Kansas State Board of Education has denied a school district transfer petition initiated by Nemaha Central USD 115.
The Board voted 6 to 3 Wednesday to deny the petition, which sought the transfer of about 81 square miles of land in the former Bern school area from Prairie Hills USD 113 to USD 115.
Kansas Department of Education General Counsel Scott Gordon presented a 13-page report to the State Board Tuesday recommending denial of the petition. The Board also heard oral presentations from both sides.
Gordon served as the administrative officer at a 4-hour public hearing held in March at the Bern Community Center where testimony was provided by representatives of both districts, along with patrons.
The USD 115 Board of Education voted in February to file the petition with the State Board of Education after failed mediation efforts between the two sides.
Prairie Hills USD 113, in a release, commended the State Board's decision to deny the land transfer petition.
A response to the decision was not immediately available from USD 115.
Editors note: Full statement issued by USD113 following Wednesday's State Board of Education decision on land transfer petition
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Carley (06/13/2024 8:58 AM)
If USD 115 would have taken the original offer by USD 113 and not listened to the county trouble maker Annalyssa Noe, the land transfer would have been taken care of. Noe cost 115 big time!!
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