USD 308 Hutchinson silent on opponent claims district is promoting bond issue with public funds

USD 308 Hutchinson silent on opponent claims district is promoting bond issue with public funds

Voters in USD 308 in Hutchinson head to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of a $110 million bond issue to fund a new middle school, upgrades to the six elementary schools in the district, and a centralized early childhood center. A 1993 opinion of the attorney general of Kansas reads that school districts are allowed to use school funds for informational purposes in a bond issue campaign, but not to promote its passage, But an opponent of the…