Hickman Mills C-1 is facing a triple whammy: Property assessment issues, evaporating ESSR funding, and an adverse audit finding. What's going on?

Some resources!


District website

NCES CCD demographics
ACS 2024-2025 profile

Audit and budget info (present and past)
MSBA EMMA
2026 Ballot results (and upcoming info)


State/Federal regulations

Milliken v. Bradley: 418 U.S. 717 (1974)

Missouri v. Jenkins: 515 U.S. 70 (1995)
Missouri DESE School Finance page
Hancock amendment
MO voting to get rid of income tax?




Property assessment/tax incentive coverage
Jackson County assessor's office
News coverage of property tax rollback
KCUR story on the local history of district boundaries
The Cerner project, article 1 and article 2
News coverage of superintendent transition
Thank you to Soumya Dhulekar for the artwork!
Thank you to Carsie Blanton for the music!
Thank you to Gabbie Costanzo for the research help!

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