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Hiawatha school board holds budget hearing, adopts LOB and defers final mill-levy change to special meeting
Summary
Trustees adopted a 24-25 Local Option Budget resolution, discussed capital-outlay levy options and failed to change the levy in the hearing because an absent trustee prevented a final vote; board scheduled a special meeting to complete the decision.
The Hiawatha Unified School District board opened a budget hearing to consider exceeding the revenue-neutral rate required under state law and to set the district’s Local Option Budget percentage. Speaker 2 explained the legal formality: the state’s statutory 20-mill general rate makes it impossible for many districts to remain strictly revenue-neutral when per-pupil costs rise.
During the hearing the board adopted resolution 25-07 to set the Local Option Budget (LOB) percentage for 2024–25 by a 6-0 vote. Trustee discussion then focused on whether…
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