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Polk County School Board adopts tentative 2025–26 budget, sets millage rates and Sept. hearing
Summary
The Polk County School Board voted July 29 to adopt tentative millage rates totaling 5.29 mills and a tentative 2025–26 budget of $2,476,464,933, and set the final public hearing for Sept. 9. Staff warned of state and federal funding shifts and said family empowerment scholarships have reduced district funding since 2021.
The Polk County School Board on July 29 adopted tentative millage rates and a $2.48 billion tentative budget for the 2025–26 school year and set a final public hearing for Sept. 9 at 5:01 p.m. at the district office in Bartow.
During a staff presentation, Jenkins, finance staff, told the board the district's gross taxable value rose by about $5.6 billion this year and explained how state formulas decreased the district's required local effort millage even as property values increased. "Our gross taxable value has gone up about $5,600,000,000 in Polk County this year," Jenkins said during the presentation.
The board approved the required local effort millage of 3.042 mills, the…
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