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Hernando County School Board adopts tentative 2025–26 millage and budget; schedules final hearing Sept. 9
Summary
The Hernando County School Board on July 29 adopted tentative millage rates and a tentative $502.6 million budget for fiscal year 2025–26, approved unanimously 4–0, and set a second public hearing for Sept. 9, 2025. Officials detailed revenue and appropriation projections and answered a public question about delayed budget amendments.
The Hernando County School Board adopted tentative millage rates and a tentative budget for fiscal year 2025–26 at a July 29 public hearing, voting 4–0 to approve both items and to set a second and final public hearing for Sept. 9, 2025.
The action authorizes the board to certify tentative millage rates to the Hernando County property appraiser and to continue the Truth in Millage (TRIM) process ahead of final adoption. Joyce McIntyre, the district’s chief financial officer, and Dionne Makinson, coordinator of finance, presented the revenue and appropriation estimates that underpin the proposals.
McIntyre told the board that the Commissioner of Education certified the required local effort (RLE) millage at 3.017 mills; the RLE plus a discretionary operating millage of 0.748, a capital outlay levy of 1.5 and a new voted operating millage of 1.0 combine to a proposed total of 6.265 mills. That total is above the rolled-back rate of 6.1049 mills by 2.62 percent, McIntyre said.
The district reported a…
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