August 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Rationale: 

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting at Adams Bank, the Post Office and the City Administration Building and published in the Keith County News.  Notice of this meeting was given to the President and all Members of the Board.  Availability of the agenda for this meeting was communicated in the advance notice.  All proceedings hereafter will be taken while this convened meeting is open to the attendance of the public. 

This meeting is being convened in accordance with the Open Meetings Act.  A copy of the Open Meetings Act is posted on the east wall of the Board Chambers.

Any person wishing to address the board may do so by standing, when you are recognized, please go to the podium, state your name and the organization, interest or person you represent before you begin speaking. 

Thank you!!

Rationale: 

The Consent Agenda consists of approval of the agenda for this meeting, approval of the minutes from the July 21, 2025, regular board meeting, approval of claims for the General Fund in the amount of $344,709.92, Payroll in the amount of $925,749.59, Depreciation Fund in the amount of $7,688.00, and Hot Lunch Fund in the amount of $8,231.10. 

Rationale:  a.  This is the third lid schools must statutorily observe when setting their budget: the property tax request authority. The funding needed for the School District to meet its obligations to its students will require an increase in the base growth percentage used to determine the School District's property tax request authority. Nebraska law authorizes the Board, upon an affirmative vote of at least seventy percent (70%) of the Board, to increase such base growth percentage by up to six percent (6%).
b.    A motion to approve this increase would increase the base growth percentage used to determine Ogallala Public School's property tax request authority for the 2025-2026 budget by an amount of 6%
c.    A vote for this motion does not mean that Ogallala Public Schools will access all six-percent. Instead, it means that a number of up to six percent may be used when planning the overall budget.
 

Rationale:  Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to adopt a resolution for Option Enrollment.

Rationale:  Friday, August 29, 2025, 12:00pm, Budget Workshop
Monday, September 15, 2025, Regular Board Meeting
TBD:  Special Meeting, Budget Hearing