Try cutting down on the number of school districts. This state has about 1% of all school students in the country, but 2% of the total number of school districts. There are hundreds of rural districts with a few hundred students that could be consolidated saving millions. And the larger counties are no better; Johnson County doesn’t need 5 separate districts with 5 district staffs and all that administration.
I could agree to a degree, but the fact of the matter is, by consolidating rural schools, it would put some kids 40 miles from the nearest attendance center. Just something to think about.