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Jordan School Board approves maximum levy for payable 2026 and green-lights two overnight athletics trips
Summary
At its Sept. 8 meeting the Jordan School Board approved a motion to levy to the maximum for payable 2026 after reviewing preliminary MDE levy figures, and unanimously approved consent agenda items and two overnight athletics trips (softball to Florida, baseball to Wisconsin).
The Jordan School Board (ISD 7) voted Sept. 8 to levy to the maximum allowable amount for payable 2026 after staff presented preliminary Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) levy figures and recommended the standard practice of levying to the maximum. The board also approved its consent agenda—including personnel actions and donations—and unanimously approved two overnight athletics trips.
Finance staff member Amy Hefferman told the board that the MDE levy report released earlier that day shows tentative decreases in several levy lines for payable 2026: a roughly 0.54% decrease in the general fund levy, a roughly 7.35% decrease in the community education levy, and about a 0.2% decrease in the debt service levy, resulting in an overall decrease of approximately 0.44%. Hefferman said the…
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