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Representatives from Schools for Fair Funding presented some bad budget news to the Kansas City, Kan. Board of Education.

With another education funding cut announced by Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson on Monday, the school district has lost about $15 million in state funding from this year's budget.

However, according to attorney John S. Robb, the numbers could be more troublesome in the future.

Next year's fiscal budget faces a $406 million deficit, with a shortfall of $855.5 million coming in 2011-2. The shortfall in that year comes as federal stimulus dollars expire.

While some have pinpointed the recession as the reason for the shortfall, Robb pointed to the Kansas Legislature.

"They projected three years ago they would be $429 million short," he said. "In 2008 they overspent by $400 million. They granted school funding increases greater than their income, spent state's savings account. It was known three and a half years ago. The Legislation did nothing to fix it."

If Robb is correct, the state would decrease its education funding by 32 percent, nearly one-third.

Robb pointed to about $1 billion in tax cuts approved by the state.

KCK Public Schools is one of 62 school districts across the state involved with Schools for Fair Funding.

"This is about advocating for the future of our children," said assistant superintendent Cindy Lane. "If decisions are not made wisely communities with needs will have a greater challenge of providing an education."

Speculation has been rampant that school districts, led by Schools for Fair Funding, would take the state to court again. Three years, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that state education funding would have to increase.