The Carroll Community School District (CCSD) Board of Education reviewed the certified budget and the proposed property tax rate for Fiscal Year 2027(FY27). The public hearing notice was sent to the County Auditor, showing the district will be levying approximately $12.3 million, with a proposed property tax rate of $9.92905 per $1,000 of assessed taxable valuation after rollbacks. Director of Business Affairs Nicole McCarville says on the March 25 meeting, the board will review a more detailed document on the certified budget, as she says new legislation changed State Supplemental Aid (SSA) and includes $42 million in state funding for schools participating in the budget guarantee.
The budget guarantee is a program that will assure 101 percent of the district’s previous year’s regular program district cost by receiving an adjustment to make up the difference. McCarville says until she knows the logistics of the legislation, it’s hard to tell specifically the impact it will have on tax payers but knows the maximum proposed tax rate the district can implement to levy dollars is the $9.93. She says the management fund levy is one place in the budget that the board can adjust.
The district is proposing to levy $1.34 million for FY27 through the management fund. McCarville says with the change is legislation potentially being only this year, the district’s tax rate could be expected to increase next year, as the district only has a say on a small percentage of the proposed tax levy rate.
The public hearing on the proposed tax levy rate is on March 25 at Adams Elementary School starting at 5 p.m. before the board’s regular meeting.
