By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
The USD 428 Board of Education was set to make one of its biggest decisions of the year Monday evening. Due to a small glitch, the Great Bend district was unable to vote on its budget for 2025. Superintendent Khris Thexton said the budget issue was fine, but the district had not met the requirements for proper Revenue Neutral Rate notice.
"We were made aware today that we had not posted our RNR notice on the website," he said. "As part of the requirements according to statute, you need to post it in the paper and also on your website. It did not make it on our website."
The district had published in information in the Great Bend Tribune, and posted the information on its website Monday. The board cannot vote on the matter for 10 days but the deadline to have the meeting is Sept. 20. The board agreed to keep the revenue neutral and budget meetings open until Friday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 a.m.
The district's revenue-neutral rate for the 2024-25 school year would have been 42.375 mills. The board will vote on the budget set at 44.930 mills.