Schools for Fair Funding puts off decision to sue By Ken Stephens
Special to The Hays Daily News

NEWTON - Schools for Fair Funding put off a decision Friday on whether to go to back to court to force the state of Kansas to increase aid to public education.
Not that  the representatives of the organization’s 57 member school districts aren’t angry enough to do it though.

“In my opinion, there was way more than enough support,” Hays Superintendent Fred Kaufman, the president of Schools for Fair Funding, said after the organization emerged from an executive session with its attorneys and voted to meet again on Dec. 18 in Salina.

“I don’t think people realize how destructive this (cutting base state aid) is to public education. Someone has to do something.”

Bill Hagerman, superintendent of the Nickerson-South Hutchinson district, agreed with Kaufman’s assessment.

“People are no less riled up. We’re certainly not welcoming the next $150 to $210 reduction in base state aid. Nobody is excited about that.”

However, the organization wants to use the next month to get information to other school districts that have expressed interest in School for Fair Funding in hopes of gaining more members and strengthening their voice.