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Pasco County School Board adopts $2.30 billion budget, sets millage at 6.274 mills
Summary
The Pasco County School Board adopted its final fiscal-year 2025–26 budget and a millage rate of 6.274 mills after a public hearing and board votes. Board members and staff stressed priorities for classroom services, charter and scholarship set‑asides, and the budget’s sensitivity to October enrollment counts and voucher reporting.
The Pasco County School Board on Sept. 9 adopted a final fiscal-year 2025–26 budget and set the millage rate at 6.274 mills after a public hearing and board votes.
Superintendent Legg told the board the district’s proposed 2025–26 annual budget totaled $2,305,784,425 and described increases tied to enrollment growth in certain schools, salary and benefit costs and capital projects. The board subsequently voted to adopt the resolution determining revenues and the millage levied, and then the final budget resolution.
Board members and finance staff said the budget preserves school-level services and sets aside funds required for charter schools and family empowerment scholarships. “The 25–26 annual budget is a total of $2,305,784,425,” Superintendent Legg said during the public hearing presentation. Finance staff and board discussion noted that the district allocates approximately $92 million for charter schools and about $71…
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