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Orange County School Board adopts 2025–26 budget, sets total millage at 6.449 mills
Summary
The Orange County School Board unanimously adopted a final total millage of 6.449 and approved the 2025–26 budget after a presentation from district finance staff that highlighted uncertain state funding, an incremental teacher-salary allocation and capital and federal funding shifts.
The Orange County School Board on Sept. 9 unanimously adopted a total millage rate of 6.449 mills to support the district’s final 2025–26 budget and approved the district’s operating, capital and internal service budgets.
The vote followed a detailed presentation by Chief Financial Officer Doreen Concolino and members of the Office of Management and Budget. Vice Chair Bird read the board resolution adopting the millage, which the board approved after a second by Member Felder.
Concolino told the board the total millage includes a required local effort of 3.201 mills, a basic discretionary rate of 0.748 mills, an additional voted millage of 1.000 mills and a capital improvement millage of 1.500 mills, for a total of 6.449 mills. Concolino said the district’s rolled-back tax rate decreased by 0.015 mils, but rising property valuations mean many homeowners and commercial property owners will still see increases in their tax bills; a homeowner with a $355,800 home would pay about $56 more annually under the district’s assumptions.
Concolino summarized budget pressures and…
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