Look forward to the military heavily impact aid to keep flowing from the federal government – that’s according to U.S. Senator Jerry Moran.

With USD 475 receiving millions in recent years and preparing to use that money to help pay for a possible new Junction City High School, Senator Moran said it’s a stable source of revenue.

“We battle in the budget every year to make certain that those aid payments occur, we’ve had some success in modest increases in the total amount available for impact aid in the time that I’ve been in the Senate, and those efforts will continue. Just like every federal appropriation, there’s always some uncertainty, but this has been a pretty stable source of income for school districts that are affected by lots of federal property,” said Moran.

Moran adds that the support in Congress for the heavily military impact aid is strong. “A lot of districts and a lot of states are impacted, so there is strong political support for impact aid and I would think that the chances of its continuance at least at its current level with modest increases is pretty good.”

A possible new high school project is currently under study with the latest focus on a new location west of Junction City.

In addition to the federal money, state aid would be targeted to help pay for the school as well. State aid requires voter approval of a possible bond issue in the late Spring 2017 time frame.

For more information on Impact Aid and Heavily Impacted Aid visit:  https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/impactaid/whatisia.html or https://www.aasa.org/content.aspx?id=9000