Weeping Water Public Schools posts proposed $10.9 million budget, schedules Sept. 15 hearing

Weeping Water Public Schools published a public notice of its proposed 2025-26 budget and set a hearing for 6 p.m. Sept. 15, 2025, in the district conference room to take taxpayer comment and consider amendments.

The notice, issued in compliance with Nebraska Statute Sections 13-501 to 13-513, lists total available resources of $10,901,749 for 2025-26 and a total property tax requirement of $5,830,404. The district’s property tax request is divided into $1,101,301 for bond purposes and $4,729,103 for non-bond purposes.

Key fund totals included in the notice are a General Fund proposal of $6,993,458, a Bond Fund of $2,012,666, an Employee Benefit Fund of $575,900, and a School Nutrition Fund of $354,990. The notice also lists smaller funds and reserves, and the district states that the budget detail is available at the office of the Clerk/Secretary during regular business hours.

The notice directs readers to statewide school finance information at the Nebraska Department of Education site and cites Nebraska Statute Sections 13-501 to 13-513 as the authority for the hearing and budget publication. No motions or votes are recorded in the notice; the hearing is described as the opportunity for taxpayers to offer support, opposition, criticism, suggestions or observations prior to adoption or amendment of the budget.

The district will accept public comment at the Sept. 15 hearing; the notice does not specify a subsequent adoption date or other deadlines. For further detail, the notice provides the district office as the location to review budget documents.