Attorney General Opinion No.

The Honorable Shari Weber State Representative, 68th District 3 West Walnut Herington, Kansas 67449

Dear Representative Weber:

As representative for the sixty-eighth district, you request our opinion regarding the use of funds received by a unified school district from adoption of a local option budget. Specifically, you ask whether such funds may be used for payments on the lease of a privately-owned building which the school district intends to use as a middle school.

Funds utilized by a unified school district are raised through various assessments and may be used only for the purposes…