USD 443 approves 2026-27 resolution to exceed the revenue-neutral tax rate

What happened

On Sept. 14, the Dodge City USD 443 Board of Education approved a resolution authorizing the district’s 2026-27 property-tax levy to exceed the state revenue-neutral tax rate.

Why it matters to families

The resolution preserves the district’s ability to collect planned taxes within separate funding categories, even though the district said its total mill rate will remain flat and overall tax collections will be lower than last year. The action is a districtwide budget and taxation decision affecting all schools.

The evidence

In the official Sept. 14 meeting transcript, the superintendent said the district would keep its total mill rate flat, collect close to $1 million less in the general fund and about $300,000 less in total taxes, but still needed the resolution because county calculations treat the funding categories separately. The board then voted to adopt the resolution, and the transcript records that it passed (00:01:56-00:03:16; 00:05:13-00:06:08).

The source