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Sarasota board advertises tentative budget as speakers demand clarity on frozen federal funds
Summary
The Sarasota County School Board approved advertising the tentative 2025–26 budget and millage rates after public calls for a town hall and a resolution demanding release of frozen federal funds. CFO presented levy figures; the vote to advertise the tentative budget passed 5‑0.
The Sarasota County School Board on July 22 approved advertisement of its tentative 2025–26 budget and proposed millage rates and set the public hearing schedule as required by Florida law.
The board voted to advertise a total millage of 6.095 mills (required local effort 2.847; voted operating 1.000; discretionary 0.748; capital outlay 1.500). The vote to advertise the tentative budget and millage passed 5‑0. The district’s advertised total levy projects roughly $714.9 million in levy revenue for the coming year, and the published notice shows a homeowner‑equivalent school tax of about $609.50 per $100,000 of taxable value.
Why it matters: The vote comes amid a separate but related fiscal stress: on July 1 the federal Office of Management and Budget froze several federal education grant disbursements to districts, and…
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