The City Schools of Decatur Board of Education on Oct. 11, 2025, approved a final millage rate of 20.3 mills for maintenance and operations for fiscal year 2026 at a special-called meeting called to order at 6:31 p.m.

The vote followed the three public hearings required under Georgia Code 48-5-32.1 when a levying authority proposes a maintenance and operations millage rate that would exceed the rollback rate. Doctor Whitaker presented the recommendation to adopt the 20.3 rate, Board member Utz moved to approve, and Board member Johnson Davis seconded. The motion carried unanimously.

No substantive discussion of the rate or its impacts is recorded in the meeting transcript. The meeting lasted about one minute and was adjourned at 6:32 p.m.

The millage rate approved by the board sets the property tax rate used to calculate local revenues for school maintenance and operations for FY26. The board’s action completes the formal local hearing and adoption steps required by state law; the transcript does not record further implementation steps or a detailed budget breakdown tied to the rate.