How Covert is run
Meetings, who’s in charge, property taxes and who represents Covert.
What stands out about how Covert is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
Osborne County Unified School District 392
Covert’s K–12 school district, shared with Alton, Hancock, Independence, Lawrence, Osborne and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,953 per pupil, $10,508 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Kansas districts overall: 28% local, 61% state, 11% federal.
Paradise Unified School District 399 · $26,351 per pupil
Sylvan Grove Unified School District 299 · $15,514 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Covert
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Covert yet. Neighbors can add them.
How Covert’s budget compares
Town budgets across the town line. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.
| Town | Spent per resident | Debt per resident | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley | $29 | — | — |
| Winfield | $842 | — | — |
| Independence | $929 | — | — |
| Victor | $4,100 | — | — |
| Covert | — | — | — |
The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Covert.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Kansas HouseState representatives
- 3Kansas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Kansas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Covert’s government
Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.
Questions about how Covert is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.