NOTICE OF

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The Leon County School Board will soon consider a measure to increase its property tax levy.

A portion of the tax levy is required under state law in order for the school board to receive $144,335,117 in state education grants.

The required portion has increased by 3.81 percent, and represents approximately six tenths of the total proposed taxes.

The remainder of the taxes is proposed solely at the discretion of the school board.

All concerned citizens are invited to a public hearing on the tax increase to be held on

July 30, 2024 - 6:00 p.m.

at

The Aquilina Howell Center

3955 West Pensacola Street

Tallahassee, Florida

A DECISION on the proposed tax increase and

the budget will be made at this hearing.

NOTICE OF TAX FOR

The Leon County School board will soon consider a measure to continue to impose a 1.500 mill property tax for the capital outlay projects listed herein.  The tax is in addition to the school board’s proposed tax of 3.884 mills for operating expenses and is proposed solely at the discretion of the school board.

**THE PROPOSED COMBINED SCHOOL BOARD TAX INCREASE FOR BOTH OPERATING EXPENSES AND CAPITAL OUTLAY IS SHOWN IN THE ADJACENT NOTICE.

The capital outlay will generate approximately $39,156,408 to be used for the following projects:

CONSTRUCTION AND REMODELING

• District-wide Locations
• Administration of Projects/Sites

MAINTENANCE, RENOVATION, AND REPAIR

• Preventative and Emergency Maintenance
• Reimbursement of the maintenance, renovation and repairs paid through the General Fund as permitted by Florida Statute
• Paint, Roofs, HVAC, Fire Alarms, Sprinklers, Intercoms, Security Systems, Energy Management, District-wide Locations

MOTOR VEHICLE PURCHASES

• Purchase of Maintenance Vehicles
• Purchase of 10 School Buses
• Purchase of student transportation vans

NEW AND REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER AND DEVICE HARDWARE AND OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE NECESSARY FOR GAINING ACCESS TO OR ENHANCING THE USE OF ELECTRONIC AND DIGITAL INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT AND RESOURCES, AND ENTERPRISE RESOURCE SOFTWARE

• Purchase of classroom furniture and equipment, including instruments, district-wide
• Purchase of tablets district-wide
• Purchase of new computers district-wide
• Purchase of network equipment
• Purchase of software applications for districtwide administration of enterprise resource software acquired via license/maintenance fees or lease agreements

PAYMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND SITES DUE UNDER A LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENT

• Annual master lease payments for various facilities and renovations
• Annual lease payment for qualified school construction bonds for various facilities
• Annual lease payment of qualified zone academy bonds for various facilities
• Annual master lease payments for site purchases
• Debt service payments on certificates of participation for various facilities

PAYMENT OF COSTS OF COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL STATUTES, RULES, AND REGULATIONS

• Removal of hazardous waste

PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS FOR PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE NECESSARY TO INSURE THE EDUCATIONAL AND ANCILLARY PLANTS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT

• Insurance premiums on district plant

PAYMENT OF COSTS OF LEASING RELOCATABLE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES

• Leasing of portable classrooms

PAYMENT OF SALARIES AND BENEFTIS

• Salaries and benefits for school bus drivers

CHARTER SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS PURSUANT TO S. 1013.62(4), F.S.

• Purchase of real property
• Construction of school facilities
• Renovation, repair, and maintenance of school facilities
• Payment of the cost of premiums for property and casualty insurance necessary to insure school facilities
• Purchase or lease of permanent or relocatable school facilities
• Payment of costs of opening day collection for library media
• Purchase or lease of driver’s education vehicles, maintenance vehicles, security vehicles, or vehicles used in storing and distributing materials and equipment
• Purchase of vehicles to transport students
• Computer and device hardware and operating system software necessary for gaining access to or enhancing the use of electronic and digital instructional content and resources, and enterprise resource software

All concerned citizens are invited to a public hearing to be held on:

July 30, 2024 - 6:00 p.m.

at The Aquilina Howell Center

3955 West Pensacola Street, Tallahassee, Florida.

A DECISION on the proposed CAPITAL OUTLAY TAXES will be made at this hearing.

LCS will have a public meeting to discuss proposed updates to the district procurement policy as well as the local preference policy on Thursday, December 7, 2023, at 10:00 am at the Howell Building, 3955 Pensacola St.

Leon County Schools Academic Services Announces the Elementary (K-5) Social Studies Adoption Committee Recommendation

The LCS Adoption Committee, composed of educators and parents, recommends FIVE textbook adoption options to the Leon County School Board for review.

• Gallopade Media Florida Social Studies
• McGraw-Hill Florida Social Studies
• Analytic Orange Florida History Makers
• Nystrom Education Young Citizens
• Teachers' Curriculum Institute Social Studies Alive

To conclude the adoption process, LCS invites all interested stakeholders to participate in the public review period which will run from July 25, 2023 until the date of a public hearing to be held at the August 22, 2023 LCS School Board Meeting.

Stakeholders may review online versions of all the texts from which the committee selected, including the recommended text, at https://www.leonschools.net/Page/56958

September 7, 2023 - Tentative LCS Board Vote on Adoption and Purchase of Recommended Materials