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Norfolk Public Schools board approves $70.8 million 2025-26 budget and sets tax request
Summary
The Norfolk Public Schools Board of Education approved the district's 2025-26 operating budget and a separate resolution setting the district's property tax request. Both measures passed unanimously at the board meeting; the tax resolution will be certified to the county clerk by Oct. 15.
The Norfolk Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt the district's 2025-26 budget and a property tax request that matches that budget, the board said at its meeting.
Merrick Wilson, a district staff presenter, told the board the district's total general fund budget "is set at $70,774,458.40." He also said the special building fund is $3,032,904.25 and a separate fund for larger district projects is set at $6,381,984. The board approved the budget by voice vote after a motion and second; the clerk announced, "Motion carried, 6 0."
The board then approved a resolution required by state statute to set the district's property tax request. The resolution, introduced by staff and read into the record, cites Nebraska Revised Statutes 77-1632 and 77-1633 and sets the 2025-26 tax request at: general fund $35,917,319; bond fund $0;…
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