District overview
Garrard County Schools
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
What the official record establishes
Garrard County Schools is governed by its Board of Education, while five school SBDM councils make school-level decisions in their minutes. The Board record establishes local tax, operating-budget, personnel, service-contract, and policy actions. The FY2025 audit reports $10,803,441 in SEEK revenue within $26,022,454 in General Fund revenue; the reviewed record does not provide an adopted per-pupil amount.
Local taxes fund part of the operating plan
On August 20, the Board adopted 61.1 cents per $100 for real and personal property. Its notice projected $8.27 million, including $762,966.01 above prior-year revenue allocated to instruction. August 3 had approved only advertising the proposal.
The 2026-27 budget was approved
The May 21 Board record lists approval of the budget, indirect-cost rate, capital-funds transfer, insurance, evaluation and PD plans. The report does not substitute a budget total when the action page does not state one.
Facilities planning is not a confirmed construction project
The March 9 session records discussion of bonding capacity and construction options, without a recorded selection, funding authorization, or contract award.
Student phone and AI policy text is available
Student policy 09.4261 permits possession but limits use during instructional time and addresses disruption, academic integrity and privacy. Policy 08.2323 requires district procedures for safe, secure and responsible use of AI, AI-enhanced and generative-AI features, including appropriate and inappropriate uses.
The FY2025 audit reported an unmodified opinion and no material weaknesses, reported noncompliance, or audit findings. That result does not establish future budget performance.
Where the district stands
Major projects
Facilities and construction planning
Options discussed; no selected project establishedThe March 9 working session discussed bonding capacity and construction options. The FY2027 working budget later appropriated $2.5 million in the Construction Fund, including $1,737,502 for building improvements and $762,498 in transfers; the September monthly report shows $238,703.76 spent year to date and a $4,223,142.06 Construction Fund balance. The reviewed records do not assign those amounts to one named project.
- Board working session discussed bonding capacity and construction options.
- Board approved an LES storefront BG-5 among other actions.
- Board approved the FY2027 working budget with a $2.5 million Construction Fund appropriation.
- September financial report presented $238,703.76 in year-to-date Construction Fund expenditures.
Funding
The budget records $2.5 million in state construction revenue and splits appropriations between building improvements and transfers; no single named project is identified.
Recent news
Reviewed 331 stored originals from the official legacy and current KSBA Garrard County archives, including Board action pages, every linked agenda attachment, SBDM minutes, policy records, budgets, invoices, and audit material. Actual minute headers determine school-council dates when they differ from a later Board posting date; identical content was reviewed once while every source URL was accounted for.
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