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Blue Springs R-IV board raises alarms over state bills that could strip local school funding
Summary
At its March meeting the Blue Springs R‑IV board heard a detailed legislative update and urged parents to contact state lawmakers after staff warned several bills — including open enrollment and income-tax proposals — could reduce district revenue and require program cuts.
The Blue Springs R‑IV Board of Education spent a large portion of its March meeting on a legislative update that board members said could significantly cut local school revenue if several bills pass in their current forms. Jason Wolf summarized proposals on open enrollment, a statewide A–F grading plan, changes to property-tax structures and a constitutional amendment to phase out income tax.
"The tax dollars do not follow these students," Wolf said, raising a central concern about an open-enrollment measure he identified as bill 971. Under the bill as described to the board, districts could set limits on transfers (an initial 3% cap that could increase to 4% and then 5% after successive years) and would have to adopt policies…
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