Hamtramck board approves 2024-25 final amendment, 2025-26 proposed budget and 18‑mill tax levy; large state infrastructure grant to fund facilities

The Hamtramck Board of Education on June 24 approved its final amendment for fiscal 2024–25, adopted a proposed budget for 2025–26 and set the district's tax rates, restoring the non‑homestead levy to 18 mills, board members said.

The actions were taken after a budget hearing led by Jim Larson and Cindy (last name not given), who presented revenue and expenditure changes, grant awards and the district's plan to use a recent state infrastructure grant to fund major facilities work while phasing out federal ESSER funds.

Larson said local revenue for 2024–25 rose in the amendment by about $268,000, driven by approximately $200,000 in increased investment earnings and roughly $70,000 from restoring the non‑homestead millage to 18 mills. He said a two‑year coaching grant originally worth $2,000,000 is being drawn down, leaving roughly $800,000 to carry into 2025–26 after this year's spending and audit adjustments. Larson said the district lost about $235,000 in state funding tied to final FTE calculations for 2024–25.

Most of the projected increase in state revenue for 2025–26 comes from a state infrastructure grant of…