On July 30, the Leon County School Board voted unanimously to approve the district’s $666 million tentative spending plan, with the final board approval scheduled for September 10.
The budget documents show – as with other local government entities – that the Leon County School Board is projected to receive approximately $10 million more in property tax revenue in FY 2025 than in FY2024 due to the increase in Leon County property values.
Last year, local property taxes yielded $136.2 million, for FY2025 the tax revenue will increase to $146.4 million.
According to officials, the number of students in the public school system continues to decline. The numbers declined to 31,769 in 2023-24 from 32,212 in 2022-23. Over the last five years, the district has lost 2,578 students.
The tentative budget calls for spending on staffing to increase from $184 million to $201 million.
Leon County Schools Local Tax Revenue to Increase by $10 Million, Enrollment Declines added by Staff on
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I wonder why school attendance is dropping? Could it be this progressive agenda they are pushing in public schools that makes common sense people shy away from child indoctrination? Could it be lack of funds be sent to where IT NEEDS TO GO rather then paying more assistant superintendents. A very top heavy school district lends itself to poor performance. Too many officers not enough soldiers to fight the good fight down in the trenches! Seems to me we have too many superfluous departments with high paid department heads! Maybe combine some of these positions and stop giving a buddy or someone that has dirt on you a job to keep them quiet! That’s a common theme in LCS! Too many people with dirt on each other trying to keep them quiet as opposed to people wanting to do the job!
@ Jim… absolutely correct. The revenue increase is the result of a manufactured illusion and not at all sustainable. And when the housing market crashes… again… they will have to make cuts. But they will not cut waste and nonessential, unnecessary, and unproductive programs… no-no-no… they will cut services to the less fortunate and guilt taxpayers into raising taxes to cover the loss. I’ve seen this scenario play out again and again and again. If fact, they City just did this with Law Enforcement.
More money to “educate” fewer students?
That’s what we get by voting for Democrats.
The one thing they do not need is 10 million more dollars. Everyone on the school board needs to be voted out. They need to be kicking the proverbial pop can down the road while muttering to themselves “why’d I lose my job” over and over…
The students they are graduating into the world can barely read, much less diagram a complete sentence or balance a simple equation. It boggles the mind what passes for a high school education in Leon County.
Values are falsely rising as a result of relentless inflation, these values are not accurate and are punitive to business and home owners. The property appraiser needs to be fired.
More importantly, my wife and I can’t trust nor will we subject our boys to the Leon County School Board.
@David, last year we went to Renaissance Academy, and the school supply list included printer paper, hand sanitizer, and boxes of tissues. Parents are still supplying the schools.
Over the Years, I have been hearing a lot of Complaints from Parents telling me that they have to buy a LOT of Items for their Child to bring to School to Share with the other Students, such as Pencils, Paper, Glue, Tissue, Hand Sanitizer and Wipes plus other items. Is this still going on? If so, that’s not right.