§ 6361 District Budget Tax Levy

• •The district must give a written money estimate every year before the county’s budget meeting.
• •The estimate must cover all the district’s needs for the next fiscal year.
• •The county board must levy a special tax on all taxable property inside the district to raise exactly that amount.

A school district says it needs $3 million for teachers, books, and building repairs next year.

The district sends that $3 million number to the county board before the county’s budget meeting. The county board then adds a special property tax on every house and business in the district so that the total tax money collected equals $3 million.