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School board adopts tentative 2025-26 millage rates and $418 million tentative budget
Summary
At a special meeting July 29, 2025, the school board adopted tentative millage rates unchanged from last year (5.753 mills) and approved a tentative budget of about $418 million; the board will hold final public hearings in September after required state filings.
The school board on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at 5:01 p.m. at the JA Thompson Administrative Center adopted tentative millage rates identical to last year and approved a tentative budget of approximately $418 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
The action, taken during a specially scheduled public hearing, begins the TRIM (Truth in Millage) process that will let the superintendent certify DR‑420 forms to the property appraiser and the state. The tentative millage and budget set preliminary tax levies and spending plans; final adoption is scheduled after additional hearings in September.
The meeting had been rescheduled from July 28 after publication errors in the required TRIM advertisements, which the board said were corrected and republished in the TC Palm on July 27 to comply with Florida Statute 200.065. The board recessed to conduct the advertised public hearings on the proposed 2025-26 millage rates and the proposed 2025-26 tentative budget and then reconvened to take roll-call votes.
In a staff presentation, Mr. Green reviewed…
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