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Paradise Valley board adopts FY2026 budget; adjacent-ways levy listed, tax rate to drop
Summary
The Paradise Valley Unified School District governing board held a public hearing on its fiscal year 2026 budget, adopted the budget and approved required truth-in-taxation steps; board members voted unanimously.
The Paradise Valley Unified School District governing board adopted the districtfiscal year 2026 budget after a required public hearing and a roll-call vote Thursday evening.
Assistant district staff presented budget highlights before the vote, including a roughly $483 million total budget and a $1,075,000 levy for adjacent-ways projects. "The tax rate is expected to go down by a little over 41¢," the presenter said during the hearing.
The hearing explained that the adjacent-ways levy is legally required to be noticed and that the district published a truth-in-taxation notice. The levy funds, the presenter said, are earmarked for improvements such as sidewalks, sewers, utility lines, fire lanes and safer ingress and egress to schools; specific projects called out included work at Campobello, Grama Hawk, Sweet Water, the Support Services building and an Indian Bend rebuild that will include a fire lane. The presenter also reminded the board that some federal grants (notably ESSER 3) are winding down and that the December budget revision could show additional state funding if state appropriations are finalized.
Board members asked for clarifications about the adjacent-ways projects (whether asphalt would be sealed or fully replaced) and the statewide context for a previously mentioned "$5,100,000,000" figure; the presenter clarified that that figure was a statewide total and apologized for not having made that explicit. After questions, the board took a roll-call vote: Missus Christiansen, Mister Pantera, Missus Greenberg, Doctor Lim and Miss Wani all voted aye; the motion passed unanimously.
The board also reviewed how adjacent-ways dollars would be used and noted that summer project choices include both selective sealing and full replacement depending on site conditions. The boardwill publish the required notice with the property tax oversight commission and will reflect any state funding changes on the December revision.
