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How Grant is run

Meetings, who’s in charge, property taxes and who represents Grant.

What stands out about how Grant is run

Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The school district

Otis-Bison Unified School District 403

Grant’s K–12 school district, shared with Albert, Bison, Garfield, Olmitz, Otis and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in Grant →
$18,419
per pupil · KS $14,966
203
students
None
long-term debt

Of the $18,419 per pupil, $10,980 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.

The district: schools, scores and graduation →

Where the district’s money comes from
Local 22%State 61%Federal 18%

Kansas districts overall: 28% local, 61% state, 11% federal.

Also serving Grant

Hoisington Unified School District 431 · $15,993 per pupil

School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in Grant

Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Grant yet. Neighbors can add them.

Next door

How Grant’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.

Spends the leastSpends the mostNo figures
TownSpent per residentDebt per residentTax bill
Walnut$29—$1,244
Pioneer$55—$1,180
Pleasantdale$429—$3,563
Fairview$1,207—$1,679
Albion$1,569——
Grant———

The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.

Who represents Grant

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Grant.

Politics & elections →
  1. 1
    Your townTown government
    Local officials aren’t on record yet.
  2. 2
    Kansas HouseState representatives
  3. 3
    Kansas SenateState senator
  4. 4
    GovernorStatewide
  5. 5
    U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
  6. 6
    U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Kansas

Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.

Reach Grant’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.

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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.

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