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Waynesville board sets FY26 tax levy after Hancock Amendment rollback
Summary
School board approved a $2.8747 per $100 assessed valuation levy for FY26 after administrators said a jump in assessed valuation and Missouri's Hancock Amendment forced a rollback from the voter-approved $3.05 rate.
The Waynesville R-VI School District board voted to set the fiscal year 2026 property tax levy at $2.8747 per $100 of assessed valuation, administration announced and the board approved by voice vote. The district had a voter-approved levy of $3.05 but administrators said state law required a rollback.
Mister Harrison, staff member, told the board the district's assessed valuation rose sharply from about $376 million to a little more than $423 million, a roughly $46 million increase driven primarily by a 13.11% jump in real estate values. "That does have impacts," Harrison said, noting the Hancock Amendment and the Missouri Tax Commission's consumer price index…
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