"Jim Porter's guest column in the May 12 Leavenworth Times was an eye opener about the three ways Gov. Brownback and the Legislature have been using deceptive means to fool Kansas residents about K-12 funding.
I was aware of the KPERS caper that sent funds meant for retired state employees briefly to school districts to appear to be increased funding to the district, but not really. Mr. Porter revealed funds intended for special-ed co-ops now go to the districts instead, again to deceive the public in thinking that more funding is going into K-12 districts."