(MSC News)--Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, Thursday, announced that she has signed and line-item vetoed aspects of the bill containing the budget for K-12 education.
That- according to a release from Kelly- office, which says that “with her line-item vetoes, the bill fully funds K-12 education for the fifth consecutive year and protects funding for rural schools facing declining enrollment.”
In addition to funding schools in accordance with the state constitution, the release explains that the version Kelly signed also improves schools safety, empowers parents to be involved in their children's education, supports the teacher workforce, invests in early childhood education and literacy, and gives students the technical skills for a modern economy.
The release also states that “Kelly line-item vetoed appropriations in [the bill] that would have changed the school finance formula that determines the amount of funding annually appropriated by the state to public schools,” adding that “the provision would have risked the state- compliance with constitutional funding requirements and could have resulted in rural schools having to cut services or close buildings.”
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