HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The USD 308 Board of Education will hold their regularly scheduled meeting tonight at 6 p.m.
Immediately prior to that meeting will be the Revenue Neutral Rate hearing at 5:45 p.m. and the budget hearing at 5:50 p.m. for USD 308.
According to the Revenue Neutral Rate slide from Sheila Meggers presentation to the board, the district is due to levy $6,036,676 in property tax on their approximately $78 million budget. This is down from $6,084,855 last year.
The main reason they can do that is that bond and interest is shrinking quickly, with the district's bonded indebtedness down just over $9 million from last year. The Capital Outlay portion of the mill levy is going up, though, and thus they are required to hold the Revenue Neutral Rate hearing.
Also on the agenda are presentations for the KidWind project, where a Hutchinson team won the national title last year and teacher recognition.
The board will also act on an application for a new FFA chapter at Hutch High.
Again, the USD 308 Board of Education will meet at 6:00 p.m. tonight at the USD 308 Administrative Center located at 1520 N Plum.