Flagler School Board adopts $338.2 million 2025-26 budget, final millage rates

The Flagler County School Board on Tuesday adopted final millage rates and a $338,224,969 budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year, the board announced after a public hearing held Sept. 9 at 5:15 p.m.

Board action followed a staff presentation about revenue sources, program funds and capital plans and came after the board read two resolutions: Resolution 25/26-03 to set the final millage and Resolution 25/26-04 to adopt the final budget. No members of the public offered comment at the hearing.

Budget presenter Patty Warmack, identified in the meeting as the staff member giving the finance presentation, summarized the district’s general fund, special revenue funds and capital plans and highlighted state scholarship impacts. Warmack said the district projects a general fund balance of about $7,600,000 for 2025-26 and that the ending fund balance for 2024-25 was projected at $9,000,000, with final audited numbers forthcoming.

The resolutions as read at the hearing record a certified taxable value of $20,044,982,530. The district adopted a required local effort of $59,673,112 at a rate of 3.101 mills, a discretionary operating levy of $28,864,775 at 1.500 mills, and a local capital improvements levy of…