The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Education is scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, in the third floor board room of the Central Office and Training Center, 2010 N. 59th St., Kansas City, Kansas.
The agenda includes:
• an update on elementary reading intervention resources;
• publication of the notice of hearing and transfer from contingency reserve;
• 2023 graduation dates;
• K-12 Junior Achievement curriculum adoption;
• Kansas Assessment Program report;
• policy reviews;
• executive, closed sessions to discuss matters of nonelected personnel.
On the consent agenda are the human resources report; KidZone contract approval; monthly financial report; approval of Head Start director’s and financial reports; approval of professional development and student travel; approval of annual subscription for Frontline Student Analytics Lab; approval of an addendum to the contract for legal services; and approval of TPT tutoring contracts.
Other regular meeting items also are on the agenda.
The proposed date for the budget hearing for the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools district is 5:10 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Central Office, 2010 N. 59th St.
The proposed date for the hearing on exceeding the revenue neutral rate will be at 5 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Central Office, 2010 N. 59th St.
At an earlier meeting, the board approved a limit to the maximum mill levy rate for the 2022-2023 fiscal year with no increase over the 2021-2022 year, according to district information. The proposed budget in the agenda for Tuesday lists a very slightly lower proposed mill rate than the previous one.
According to the proposed budget documents online, the proposed estimated tax rate will be 49.65 mills for 2022-2023. It is less than the 2021-2022 tax rate of 49.656 mills. The rate in 2020-2021 was 49.65 mills.
The assessed valuation in the district has increased, according to the budget documents, and plays a role in the budget this year. The money raised by the increased valuations means that the district would receive a greater amount of funds for the same mill levy as last year. That means a hearing is necessary for exceeding the budget neutral rate.
Proposed total budgeted expenditures for the district in 2022-2023 are $577.9 million, as compared to to $479.7 million in the 2021-2022 school year, according to the proposed budget document.
Budget documents are online with the agenda, posted at https://www.kckschools.org/, posted under board documents, meetings, Aug. 23 meeting, and then under item 5B.
The meeting will be on YouTube at https://youtu.be/4J0jt4Mohx8.