Hays Unified School District 489
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At the September 14, 2026 meeting, the board is scheduled to hold hearings and vote to adopt the 2026-2027 budget and a resolution authorizing USD 497 to exceed the revenue neutral tax rate, along with a Local Option Budget resolution certifying 33% for 2026-2027. Proposed total taxes levied are approximately $97.2 million, up from $92.5 million in 2025-2026.
On September 14, 2026, after a public hearing, the board adopted the 2026-27 budget and a local option budget (LOB) of 33%. In July the board had voted not to raise taxes above the revenue-neutral rate.
On September 14, 2026 the board voted 6-0 to exceed the revenue-neutral tax rate for 2026-27, meaning it will collect more property tax than last year. It then adopted the 2026-27 budget and kept the local option budget at the 33% maximum voters approved in 2017.
On Sept. 14, 2026 the board voted 4-0 to let the 2026-27 budget exceed the revenue-neutral tax rate, then adopted the budget and set the local option budget at 32.4%.
The board approved a resolution allowing the district’s 2026–27 property-tax levy to exceed the state’s revenue-neutral rate. The Sept. 14 vote was 7–0; the minutes do not state the approved rate or the amount of any tax increase.
The district’s Sept. 14 agenda proposes a resolution authorizing property-tax levies above the revenue-neutral rates for the 2026–27 budget. The proposed resolution is scheduled for a roll-call vote at the revenue-neutral-rate hearing; the agenda does not state the tax-rate or revenue amount.
The board adopted Leavenworth USD 453’s 2026–27 budget with property-tax levies exceeding the revenue-neutral tax rate. It also authorized a 33% local option budget for the school year; the transcript gives no mill-levy or dollar-impact figures.
Haysville Unified School District 261
The board approved 3.44% compensation packages for non-bargaining licensed health and special-education staff, classified staff, retired teachers, and administrators. The presentation estimated costs of $85,255, just over $736,000, a little over $21,000, and a little over $140,000, respectively—about $982,000 total.
The Golden Plains USD 316 board approved the district’s 2026-27 budget as presented and adopted Resolution 19-26 setting the Local Option Budget Percentage. In a same-day hearing, the board also approved a resolution to exceed the 2026-27 revenue-neutral tax rate by a 6-0 vote.
Dodge City Unified School District 443
On Sept. 14, the Dodge City USD 443 Board of Education approved a resolution authorizing the district’s 2026-27 property-tax levy to exceed the state revenue-neutral tax rate.
The Burlington USD 244 Board of Education approved the 2026–27 budget as presented on September 14, including a 33.00% Local Option Budget and a Capital Outlay Fund set at 5.000 mills.
Lebo-Waverly USD 243 placed approval of its 2026–27 budget on the September 14, 2026 board agenda. The supplied record shows this as planned board action; it does not establish that the budget was approved or provide its totals, tax rates, or spending changes.
Atchison County Community Schools USD 377
The board approved a resolution to exceed the revenue-neutral tax rate to finance the district’s 2026–27 budget. The minutes do not state the resulting tax rate or the amount of any increase.
Hays Unified School District 489
At the September 8, 2026 meeting, the board approved a resolution to exceed the revenue neutral tax rate for the 2026-27 school year (5-2 roll call vote) and then approved the published 2026-27 district budget (5-2 vote). Two board members voted no on both items, citing concerns about over-taxing and growing capital outlay levies.
Bonner Springs/Edwardsville USD 204
The Board approved a resolution to exceed the revenue-neutral rate for 2026–27. At the proposed mill rate, the district estimated about $144.74 more in annual school property taxes for a homeowner whose appraisal rose from $385,200 to $407,400; this was an estimate, not a final tax bill.
Chanute Public Schools, USD 413
At the September 2, 2026 annual budget meeting, the Board of Education held the revenue-neutral rate hearing and adopted Resolution 26/27-04, then held the budget hearing and adopted Resolution 26/27-05 for the Local Option Budget percentage and adopted the 2026-2027 budget as published August 14, 2026.
August board materials request approval to publish maximum mill levies and budget authority for the FY2027 hearing notices, including a notice to exceed the revenue-neutral rate.
On August 17, 2026, the superintendent reported 91 students in PreK-12, with fewer students in grades K-5 than last year. The district's own projection for 2026-27 lists 90 students in K-12, with open seats for out-of-district students in only three grades.
The proposed 2026-27 budget would levy $1,542,517 in property tax at about 52.5 mills, above the revenue neutral rate of 50.482 mills. That means more tax money than last year. Total spending authority is $24.5 million, up from $17.7 million spent in 2025-26, mostly because of the online school. A public hearing was set for September 14, 2026.
The proposed 2026-27 budget would exceed the revenue-neutral rate and collect about $2.16 million more in local taxes.
Bonner Springs/Edwardsville USD 204
The board approved publication of a proposed 52.689-mill rate, above the 50.01-mill revenue-neutral rate, with hearings scheduled for September 8.
Blue Valley Unified School District 229
The Board's July 20 annual organizational meeting approved consent materials stating its intent to exceed the revenue-neutral rate for capital outlay, general, and other levies.
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