Pasco School Board adopts $2.34 billion tentative budget, sets 6.274 millage rate

The District School Board of Pasco County on Tuesday adopted a tentative fiscal year 2025–26 budget of $2,338,447,781 and a proposed tax millage of 6.274 mills, the board’s superintendent and finance staff said at the meeting. The board voted to set the final public hearing for Sept. 9, 2025, at 6 p.m. in the School Board Meeting Room at the Administrative Complex.

The budget document presented by Superintendent Allegra calls for a general operating budget of approximately $1.138 billion and a capital budget of $672 million. "I respectfully request your approval of the 25–26 tentative fiscal year budget as presented," the superintendent said during the hearing. The district reported the tentative budget is an increase of $53,462,164 over the prior year.

Board members and staff said the budget assumes a small decline in state funding tied to enrollment, noting the district’s student population declined by about 638 students. The district…