North Platte board approves 2025–26 budget and sets property tax request

The North Platte Public Schools Board of Education approved the district's 2025–26 budget of disbursements and transfers and adopted a property tax request on Sept. 8, 2025, after hearing a presentation from district administrators and public comments from taxpayers, teachers and community members.

Board members voted 5–1 to approve the budget and the property tax resolution. The board set the general fund property tax asking at $31,358,597 and the qualified capital purpose undertaking fund request at $101,010, producing a total property tax asking of $31,459,607. The board recorded a proposed levy of $0.936582 per $100 of assessed valuation.

Why it matters: the adopted budget funds expected salary and benefits increases for 2025–26 and maintains the district's spending and cash-flow plan while preserving flexibility for transfers among non-taxable funds. Administrators said the budget reflects lower federal and state receipts compared with prior years and that payroll and benefits remain the district's largest expense.

District presentation and administrator comments Doctor McDonald presented the budget and said the district's total disbursements for 2024–25 were $57,587,507, a 1% decrease from the prior year, and that projected…