School board votes 4-1 to advertise TRIM notices for 2025-26 tentative budget and millage rates

The school board voted 4-1 Tuesday to authorize publication of three Truth in Millage (TRIM) notices — a property-tax increase notice, a school capital outlay notice and a budget summary — and to give the superintendent authority to update those notices with state-certified figures before they run in the newspaper.

Board members took the vote after district staff said the ads must be finalized and published within the TRIM timelines so the district can hold a tentative budget hearing later this month. "We are going to ask for approval today to allow the superintendent to update these ads that are in draft form based on the certified information that must be released by July 19 by statute," Mr. Green said.

Why it matters: TRIM notices trigger public notification requirements when taxable assessed value rises or when the district proposes certain capital projects. Publishing the notices starts the formal schedule that leads to the district's tentative and final budget hearings and gives residents notice of any potential tax-effect changes tied to rising property values.

Most important facts: District staff said there are three separate required notices: (1) a notice of a property-tax increase when…