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U‑46 board holds public hearing on proposed 2025 levy; administration requests defensive 4.99% increase
Summary
School District U‑46 administrators presented the proposed 2025 tax levy (a $402.6 million levy request) and explained statutory limits that will likely reduce the district’s actual revenue increase to approximately 2.9% plus new construction; the public hearing opened and closed with no public comments.
The School District U‑46 Board of Education opened a public hearing on Nov. 17, 2025, to review the district’s proposed 2025 tax levy and to explain how state law constrains the amount the district can actually collect.
Board President Melissa Owens declared the hearing open. Finance staff explained the difference between a levy (the district’s request) and the extension (the revenue collected after county calculations), and framed the levy as a tool to preserve instruction, transportation and building safety amid ongoing inflation and timing disruptions from county processing.
Administration presented a proposed total levy request of…
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