Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) March 31, 2017

BUTLER NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Kansas
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-1678 (Commission File Number)	41-0834293 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
19920 W. 161 ^st Street, Olathe, Kansas (Address of Principal Executive Offices)	66062 (Zip Code)

913-780-9595
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibit 99	Press Release by Butler National Corporation announcing appointment of Tad McMahon as CFO
	On March 31, 2017 Butler National Corporation issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors appointed Tad McMahon as Chief Financial Officer for the Corporation. See attached Exhibit 99.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	BUTLER NATIONAL CORPORATION (Registrant)
March 31, 2017 Date	s/s Clark D. Stewart Clark D. Stewart (President and Chief Executive Officer)
March 31, 2017 Date	s/s Tad M. McMahon Tad M. McMahon (Chief Financial Officer)