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Norfolk Public Schools holds budget and tax-request hearing as district projects $37.5 million tax request
Summary
At a Sept. 8 public hearing, district staff reviewed the proposed 2025–26 budget and tax request, citing lower state and federal revenues, $2.2 million in reserve usage and a slightly lower levy rate that produces more revenue because of a 13% valuation increase.
NORFOLK, Neb. — Norfolk Public Schools on Sept. 8 held its annual budget hearing to review the district’s proposed 2025–26 spending plan and its related tax request, district staff said.
Eric Wilson, the district staff member presenting the budget, told the Board of Education the proposed total tax request is $37,507,925, including $35,000,917 for the general fund, $808,081 for the special building fund and $782,525 for a bond payment labeled QCPUF. He said the district’s total assessed valuation rose about 13.23 percent from the prior year.
The hearing matters because the tax request determines how much property-tax revenue the district will ask for; adoption of the final budget and tax resolution was scheduled for the board’s Sept. 22 meeting, not at the hearing.
Wilson summarized the district’s finances: 2024–25 budgeted expenses were $61,511,392; the proposed 2025–26 budgeted expenses are $60,749,155, a 1.22 percent…
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