- September 14, 2024
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The Flagler County School Board adopted a final budget of $323,856,170 and a total millage rate of 5.365 for the 2024-25 fiscal year at a special meeting on Sept. 3.
The millage rate exceeds the rolled-back rate.
The budget includes over $10.8 million the school district receives from the state to pay family empowerment scholarships for 1,250 Flagler County students choosing private or home-school education. The number of scholarship students has steadily increased each year since 2020-21 when there were 136, according to a School Board document. Last year, 798 Flagler County students received the scholarships.
The district’s listed student enrollment of nearly 14,500 includes the 1,250 students receiving family empowerment scholarships.
The district’s general fund is $155,321,627, 83% of which pays for salaries and benefits.
Unlike counties and municipalities, which set their own millage rates, the state sets the school districts’ rates. Flagler Schools’ total millage rate has steadily decreased from 11.436 in 1995-96 to 5.365 this year. Last year’s rate was 5.403.
