(KAIR)--Two Wednesday evening special sessions for the leaders of the Atchison County Community Schools of USD 377 ends with next year’s budget approved as accepted.

That followed two public hearings, the first focused on the School District’s plan to exceed the revenue neutral rate, as required by state statute, while the second focused on the proposed budget.

Following a board assessment of the figures, and related discussion, Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Andrew Gaddis, told MSC News the budget was accepted as presented by the Board of Education.

The 2022-2023 budget calls for net expenditures of nearly $8.9 million.

It contains an estimated tax rate of 40.958 mills, which is a one mill decrease from the 2021-2022 budget.

The budget calls for the school district to collect nearly $3.5 million in local tax revenue.