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Haysville USD 261 board adopts resolution to exceed revenue neutral tax rate for 2025-26
Summary
The Board of Education for USD 261 Haysville voted 7-0 on Sept. 8, 2025, to approve a resolution authorizing the district to levy property taxes that exceed the state-calculated revenue neutral rate to fund the 2025-26 budget.
The Board of Education of USD 261 Haysville adopted a resolution Sept. 8, 2025, authorizing the district to levy property taxes that exceed the state-calculated revenue neutral tax rate to finance its 2025-26 budget. The board approved the measure by a roll-call vote that was announced as 7-0.
Craig Ryan, assistant superintendent for finance, told the board the district last year levied about $3,100,000 in general-fund property taxes at a 20-mill rate. "To hit that exact number again this year, the revenue neutral rate would or the rate would be 17.855," Ryan said, adding that Kansas law requires the district to levy the 20 mills, which results in exceeding the revenue neutral rate.
The motion, introduced as Resolution No. 09082025, cites K.S.A. 79-2988 and states that the levy necessary to fund USD 261's 2025-26 budget will exceed the revenue neutral rate calculated for that budget year. The resolution text recorded in the meeting says the board held a public hearing on Sept. 8, 2025, and "having heard testimony, still finds it necessary to exceed the revenue neutral rate." No members of the public spoke during the allocated comment period.
Board members conducted a roll-call vote after the motion. The board chair announced the motion carried 7-0. The special revenue neutral rate meeting was called to order at about 6:15 p.m. and concluded before the board's next scheduled session at 6:30 p.m.
The board's action authorizes the district to set a levy above the revenue neutral rate for budgeting purposes for 2025-26; the resolution and cited statute outline the legal basis for that action. The meeting record does not include a breakdown of how the additional levy amount will be allocated across programs or funds beyond the general-fund example presented by finance staff.
The board did not take additional follow-up actions on the record at that meeting; the resolution itself is recorded as the formal adoption authorizing the levy above the revenue neutral rate.
