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Big Lake board certifies preliminary levy at maximum as enrollment lags
Summary
The Big Lake Public School District certified a preliminary levy with a 7.5% increase and a $1.1 million roofing levy component; board members said the district will remove the levy item if a bond referendum passes. Finance staff noted state limits on levy authority and scheduled the required truth-in-taxation hearing for Dec. 17.
The Big Lake Public School District school board voted to certify its preliminary levy at the maximum level, approving a preliminary levy that district staff said represents a 7.5% increase and includes a $1,100,000 levy allowance for roofing projects.
The decision came after a presentation from district finance staff, who said the levy being certified is for the 2026 payable-in-2027 taxes and that the district intends to remove the roofing amount from the levy if a future bond referendum passes. “The state determines what a school can levy,” said Angie, a district finance staff member who presented the levy snapshot to the board. The board set the…
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