School Board Gets Peek At 2016-17 Budget, Slight Tax Rate Increase Probable

February 25, 2016 Board of Education Taxes

2-15-16 Meeting - 12 — Interim Board of Education business administrator James Strimple talks about the preliminary 2016-17 district budget.

The 2016-17 school district budget won’t be firmed up for another month, but preliminary figures show it will trigger a small uptick in the school tax rate.

Interim district business manager James H. Strimple Jr. told the Board of Education at its Feb. 25 meeting that the amount to be raised in taxes in calendar year 2016 for the budget looks to be $136,084,365, a $4.8 million increase from the calendar year 2015 figure.

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