Citrus County School Board adopts $346.2 million budget, sets total millage at 5.351 mills

The Citrus County School Board adopted the district’s final budget for fiscal year 2025–26 and set the property‑tax millage during a public hearing on Sept. 9.

Presiding officer announced that the final budget totals $346,222,255 and read the proposed millage components. Attorney for the board recited the resolution required by Florida law, citing the Department of Education certificates of assessed valuation. The board approved a required local effort operating millage of 3.103 mills (including a 0.005 prior‑period adjustment), a supplemental operating millage of 0.748 mills and a local capital outlay millage of 1.5 mills, for a total levy of 5.351 mills. The attorney noted the total levy exceeds the rollback rate by 4.44 percent.

Board members moved and seconded the motions to adopt the millage and then to adopt the final budget; both were approved by voice votes. The resolution includes the certified taxable value stated in the record as 18,164,668,183 and lists required local effort and discretionary amounts as read into the record.

Board members asked staff about timing of budget and financial materials; finance staff and the superintendent said the district will aim to deliver future reports earlier than the day of the meeting to give members adequate time to review. The meeting record shows the board approved the budget and millage in compliance with the statutory public‑hearing process but did not include a line‑by‑line roll‑call in the transcript.

The board’s adoption starts the district’s fiscal‑year spending authority for 07/01/2025–06/30/2026 and follows the statutorily required notice and public‑hearing sequence outlined in Florida statutes.

The board adjourned the public hearing and returned to the regular meeting agenda.