Superintendent Carnegie outlines rollback rate, millage components and statutory basis for tentative levy

Superintendent Carnegie read the required millage-statement and described the rollback rate as the millage needed to generate the same revenue as the prior year using updated property values. He cited statute 1011.02, section 4, and said increases reflect required local effort, state compression funds, voted millage for security and mental-health supports, and capital outlay needs. "I recommend that the board adopt Resolution 2026-03 determining tentative millages to be levied for the fiscal year 2026-27," Carnegie said, and then read component mills.

Carnegie listed the component millages the recommendation includes: a required local effort (about 3.560 mills), increased discretionary millage (about 0.748 mills), capital outlay of 1.5 mills, and an additional voted millage of 0.75 mills, producing a stated total levy. He also cited revenue figures for general operating and capital outlay as read for the record and tied the increases to statutory participation in the Florida Education Finance Program and state compression funds.

The board discussed the superintendent's recommendation only briefly before moving to a voice vote; the presentation served as the primary staff rationale for the tentative millage resolution.