As state creates loans and investigates, school districts sue over gas bills
The Kansan
David Decker had a question he wanted to ask of state legislators during a legislative update for the Newton USD 373 Board of Education.
The director of business services wanted to know what help there might be for school districts paying massive natural gas bills resulting from a winter storm in February.
He learned from Rep. Stephen Owens, R-Hesston, that there are loan funds, investigations ongoing and that the Kansas Corporation Commission worked with Kansas Gas Service to normalize bills.
However, while bills for homeowners did not increase much in Kansas Gas territory, those bills were not normalized for the school district.
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