A western Kansas school district is butting heads with the State Attorney General's Office after the AG blocked millions of dollars in school bond funds based on a 2023 election law.

 

Greeley County, located along the state border with Colorado, has only one school district for the entire county. In May, voters in the district approved a $4.6 million school bond to pay for renovations and new construction in the state's least populous county.

 

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach's Office has refused to approve the funds, citing a 2023 election reform bill that requires county election officials to publish notice of an election three weeks in advance on a county website in addition to a traditional newspaper notice.

 

Greeley County does not have a website. County Clerk Jerri Young says the county had no way of knowing about the school bond vote. State law does not require counties to have a website.

 

Greeley County is waiting to see if the Kansas Legislature will change the law during the 2025 session, but it has not ruled out legal action or another election.