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ISD 152 board certifies $30.19 million levy after statutorily required hearing with no public comment
Summary
After a presentation on state funding and district budget drivers, the Independent School District 152 board certified a final 2025 payable-2026 property tax levy and authorized submission of levy paperwork to the county auditor and Minnesota Department of Education; no members of the public spoke at the hearing.
The Independent School District 152 school board on Dec. 15 certified a final 2025 payable-2026 property tax levy and authorized the board clerk to submit required documents to the Clay County auditor and the Minnesota Department of Education.
During a budget-and-levy presentation, a district staff presenter explained that state formulas drive most school funding and said the district’s proposed levy increase is driven primarily by a newly approved voter operating referendum and a voter-approved capital levy. “So our proposed 2026 tax levy is an increase from 2025, at $6,430,846 or 27.1%,” the presenter said during the explanation of levy components.
The board opened the statutorily required public hearing on the proposed levy and provided the advertised 30-minute window for public comment; no speakers had signed up. Following the hearing, a motion to certify the levy — introduced and moved by Dave and seconded by Cassidy — passed on a voice vote. The motion’s stated final levy amount was $30,191,693.24; the board packet includes a closely related levy figure ($30,199,693.24) in the levy limitation report provided by the Minnesota Department of Education.
The presenter also described levy components in more detail, saying the bulk of the increase came from a voter-approved operating referendum that adds $575 per pupil (first-year revenue after the November 2025 election) and a voter-approved capital projects levy intended for deferred maintenance, technology, curriculum and school-related transportation vehicles. Staff referenced standard state relief measures such as the homestead credit refund and the senior citizen deferral program as context for taxpayer impacts.
Board members asked for no further discussion before moving to the certification vote. The clerk was authorized to sign and submit the business and administrative services memorandum required by the Minnesota Department of Education and the Clay County auditor.
What’s next: The district will submit the certified levy documents to the Clay County auditor and MDE for processing; tax statements and distribution to taxing jurisdictions will follow county procedures.
