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City Schools of Decatur tentatively keeps millage at 20.3%, approves $127.9M FY26 budget
Summary
The Decatur school board on a unanimous vote tentatively kept the maintenance-and-operations millage at 20.3 and approved a $127,859,888 final budget for fiscal year 2026, using a projected beginning fund balance of about $20.8 million to balance the plan.
The City Schools of Decatur Board of Education on a unanimous vote on Tuesday tentatively kept the maintenance-and-operations millage at 20.3 mills and approved a $127,859,888 final budget for fiscal year 2026.
The board approved the recommended budget after the district's chief financial officer, Dr. Lonita Broom, told trustees that higher-than-expected property tax collections and other revenue projections allowed the district to begin FY26 with a projected fund balance of about $20.8 million. "To develop a more realistic budget closer to where we think we will end this year, we will use fiscal year 25 projected ending fund balance of $20,800,000 at the beginning fund balance for fiscal year 26," Broom said during her presentation.
The final appropriation…
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