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- State law forbids an unbalanced budget. That leaves a limited set of options.
Budget director Shawn Sullivan said the governor could veto the entirety of the state’s $15 billion budget or he could use line item vetoes to fill the state’s nearly $400 million shortfall.
Sullivan said issuing line item vetoes for higher education would fill the shortfall, or the administration could proceed with a 6.2 percent across the board budget cut that would cost Kansas public schools nearly $200 million.