The Okaloosa County School Board on a 4–0 vote adopted the district’s fiscal year 2025–26 budget totaling $825,773,822.77 and approved the millage rates that will fund that budget. Board members voted to adopt the required local effort millage at 3.129 mills, the basic discretionary operating millage at 0.748 mills and the capital outlay millage at 1.5 mills; the total millage levy was restated on the record to 5.377 mills.

The budget votes covered multiple fund totals presented to the board. District staff reported a general fund amount of $414,591,274.99; special revenue and other fund totals included food service at $26,020,552.52, other federal programs at $25,153,445.18, miscellaneous internal funds at $20,606,271.19, debt service at $23,596,202.31, capital projects at $266,124,929.51 and internal service funds at $49,681,147.07. Board members moved and seconded each fund adoption separately before voting.

Finance staff noted that revenue comparisons in the district summary compare actual 2024–25 revenue to the district’s 2025–26 budgeted revenue and said the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) figure reported includes Family Empowerment Scholarship dollars amounting to about $21,000,000. The board made no changes requested by the public; there were no speakers during the public hearings on the millage or budget items.

Action details: the board approved Resolution 25‑08 adopting millage rates and Resolution 25‑09 adopting the FY 2025–26 budget; both resolutions passed 4–0. The board chair called for individual motions, each was seconded, and voice votes were unanimous.

What happens next: With the resolutions adopted, the district will apply the approved millage rates and fund budgets for the 2025–26 fiscal year as listed in the adopted documents. Staff did not identify additional follow-up tasks in the meeting record.