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Northbrook SD 28 board adopts 4.99% tax levy after required hearing
Summary
After a required truth-in-taxation hearing, Northbrook SD 28’s board adopted a 4.99% 2025 tax levy to protect revenue amid reassessment-driven value changes, delayed county receipts and projected budget pressures. The board also approved related administrative resolutions and several routine financial actions.
The Northbrook SD 28 Board of Education adopted a 4.99% tax levy for 2025 following a required truth-in-taxation hearing on Dec. 2. District staff told the board the rate seeks to capture allowable revenue while the district awaits prior-year extension receipts and responds to local reassessment changes.
Jessica Donato, who presented the levy materials, said the district is levying at 4.99% — just under the 5% cap that triggers additional requirements — even though it had not yet received prior-year extension payments because of delays in billing and county collections. She said reassessment in the district’s area increased single-family home values about…
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