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Shawnee Mission board votes to exceed revenue-neutral rate, adopts $618.2 million budget
Summary
After holding a public hearing with no speakers, the Shawnee Mission School District board voted to exceed the Johnson County revenue-neutral tax rate and adopted a $618,209,561 budget for the 2025–26 school year; documents will be filed with state and county offices.
The Shawnee Mission School District Board of Education voted Aug. 25 to adopt its 2025–26 budget and a resolution to exceed the revenue-neutral tax rate calculated by Johnson County.
At the start of the meeting the board opened the revenue-neutral tax rate hearing and disclosed the county’s calculated revenue-neutral mill rate of 48.525 and the district’s proposed mill rate of 50.835. After inviting public comment, the board said no members of the public stepped forward and closed the hearing. Superintendent Dr. Schumacher recommended adopting a resolution to exceed the revenue-neutral tax rate “to finance the annual budget for the 2025–26 school year.”
Dr. Sinclair moved to adopt the resolution; Miss Borgman seconded. The board clerk conducted a roll call and the resolution passed unanimously (7–0).
Later in the meeting board staff read the published budget motion. The board adopted the total published budget in the amount of $618,209,561 for the 2025–26 school year; the motion carried on a recorded voice vote (record shows 6–0). According to the board, the district will file required budget forms with the Kansas Department of Education and the Johnson County clerk by the statutory deadlines (before Sept. 20 and Oct. 1, respectively).
Why it matters: exceeding the revenue-neutral rate permits the district to levy property taxes above the calculated RNR and is tied directly to the approved spending plan for the coming year. The adopted budget and the LOB (local option budget) percentage also set the district’s near-term fiscal priorities and filing obligations.
Key details: the district announced the county-calculated RNR at 48.525 mills and the district’s proposed mill rate at 50.835 mills. The board also read and approved a local option budget percentage resolution (read by board member Mario) as part of its budget actions.
What’s next: district staff said the budget will be filed with state and county authorities as required; there was no further public comment on the budget at the hearing.
