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Board authorizes additional property-tax request authority and renews Holiday Express transportation routes
Summary
The board approved a resolution authorizing access to an additional 5% property-tax request authority under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-3405 and approved transportation routes and contract renewals with Holiday Express for the 2025–26 school year
The Grand Island Public Schools Board of Education on Aug. 14 approved a resolution authorizing the district to access an additional 5% property-tax request authority under state law and approved transportation-route renewals with Holiday Express for the 2025–26 school year.
Property-tax authority: Virgil Harden presented the statutory background on Nebraska’s property-tax request authority (listed in the meeting as Nebraska statute 79-3405). Harden said the district’s total revenue cap figure cited in the Department of Education materials was $140,356,285 and that the proposed resolution would authorize access to $6,784,181 of additional tax-request authority should the board…
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