001No matter what age your child is, you want the best for their future. What do they want to do after graduation, what career path do they want to take? These questions can be overwhelming. That's why you should ask them this question. What's your e? Simol County Public Schools e- pathway program is designed for your student to choose their own path in life from as many options as we can offer. Whether they're looking to enlist, enroll, or be employed, we're excited to help you and your child make it happen. Want them to enroll in a college or university? We'll help you find the best school for them to continue their education. Learn about grants and programs to help your child obtain their degree at a pace and a cost that works for you both. Are they
002looking to go straight into employment? Discover a variety of trades and skills that will propel their future. They can learn aviation maintenance, automotive repair, culinary arts, and more to hone their talents in a growing industries. Is your child interested in enlistment? We'll help them find the right path of service. Whether it's military, law enforcement, fire response, or EMS, they can serve the community while learning skills that will last a lifetime. What's your E? Explore options with e- pathways by visiting us online at the link below. [Music] What inspired me to get into engineering was Legos. So, I started as a kid, as most kids do, uh, working with Legos and just kind of doing your own thing, building the Lego sets. And I would often take apart my Lego sets, mix them together, and build
003something completely new. Then in about fourth grade, I was introduced to Lego robotics, which is where you have a actual uh robot that you could program and you start with this brick and that would feed information to Lego motors and it would all communicate as a system and you could do a lot of really cool robotic tasks with that. And that was really the start of me looking into engineering. The engineering I'm looking to pursue at first is mechanical engineering. This is what I'm going to go to UCF for. and this is going to be the start of my career. A mechanical engineer can really do anything. Um, they work with a lot of thermodynamics and a lot of vibrations and really just anything that moves. So, a lot of fields use mechanical engineering. I
004want to go past that and specialize into biomedical engineering which is more along the lines of surgical robotics and medical machinery. I want to develop surgical robots and with that I need to know exactly how the human body functions and how it functions with robotic systems. Essentially, I'll be able to design a system where a person will be able to communicate with a motor and hopefully improve their quality of life. Whether this be through a surgical robot that a doctor is controlling or whether it's a prosthetic that's motorized. >> I taught Josh his freshman year. He was so good with that inventor material. He picked up on it very quickly. He was ready to jump in and help other students which I really really appreciated. And he has carried those characteristics with him as he
005has moved through the program. And now with his journey moving forward in bioengineering, I can't wait to see what he's going to make with his knee brace and the orthotics that he's trying to produce. The current prosthetic I'm looking at developing is a loadbearing knee brace in which I'm going to take a motor or servo and attach that to the knee which will enable the a person to be able to push past what their muscles currently are able to do whether that be because of muscle fatigue or osteoarthritis in the kneecap where they're not able to put a lot of pressure on their knee. Current knee braces really only work when walking. There's still a lot of pain when there's extra forces being applied to the knee. such as walking upstairs or standing up from
006sitting down. Things you and I normally don't think about, but for someone that has severe arthritis in their knee, this is hugely painful. >> The strongest advantages of projectbased learning, that hands-on experience that allows you to manipulate that material, really solidifies in the brain exactly how those things work. The thing I would say about this program where it exceeds the most is the more you use it, the more it'll benefit you. No matter what age your child is, you want the best for their future. What do they want to do after graduation, what career path do they want to take? These questions can be overwhelming. That's why you should ask them this question. What's your E? Simol County Public Schools e- pathway program is designed for your student to choose their own path in life
007from as many options as we can offer. Whether they're looking to enlist, enroll, or be employed, we're excited to help you and your child make it happen. Want them to enroll in a college or university? We'll help you find the best school for them to continue their education. Learn about grants and programs to help your child obtain their degree at a pace and a cost that works for you both. Are they looking to go straight into employment? Discover a variety of trades and skills that will propel their future. They can learn aviation maintenance, automotive repair, culinary arts, and more to hone their talents in the growing industries. Is your child interested in enlistment? We'll help them find the right path of service. Whether it's military, law enforcement, fire response, or EMS, they can serve the
008community while learning skills that will last a lifetime. What's your E? Explore options with e- pathways by visiting us online at the link below. [Music] What inspired me to get into engineering was Legos. So, I started as a kid, as most kids do, uh, working with Legos and just kind of doing your own thing, building the Lego sets. And I would often take apart my Lego sets, mix them together, and build something completely new. Then in about fourth grade, I was introduced to Lego robotics, which is where you have a actual uh robot that you could program and you start with this brick and that would feed information to Lego motors and it would all communicate as a system and you could do a lot of really cool robotic tasks with that. And that was
009really the start of me looking into engineering. The engineering I'm looking to pursue at first is mechanical engineering. This is what I'm going to go to UCF for. and this is going to be the start of my career. A mechanical engineer can really do anything. Um they work with a lot of thermodynamics and a lot of But I have a video if you want to watch it. >> Okay. >> And those are extra hot. You could We have say there's a couple of minutes. It's not right. Okay. >> Good evening everyone. And we have >> if you would please take your seats and we'll um get started with our first meeting of the evening. Thank you. Welcome to our budget public hearing tenative budget meeting. Today is Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025. Um, please let the
010record reflect that board member Sanchez, board member Dinger, board member uh Davis, Vice Chair Garrick and myself are present along with our superintendent, our board clerk Jill, and um attorney uh Johnson. And superintendent, I will um turn the meeting over to you. >> We have two matters um to discuss today, chair. the the tax milit rates and the tenative budget. And Mr. Pebblech is here to um walk us through the presentation on both these issues. >> Thank you so much. Welcome, Mr. Pavle. >> Good afternoon, Superintendent Bean and board members. So, this afternoon's public hearing and required budget advertisements were publicized on the SCPS website beginning on Saturday, July 19th through today as required by law. Along with this presentation, each board member was provided with a copy of the detailed tenative budget document for
0112005 2006 being presented today for approval. So the first item of discussion is the milit rates and then we're also going to be discussing the budget. So um in preparing for the tenative budget hearing, we're required to follow the requirements of the truth in millillage statute. This is section 2065 Florida statute. Uh trim is about transparency to taxpayers. Dictates the form size, placement, wording of the budget advertisements which we have placed as I mentioned on Saturday. Requires two public hearings within a specified period of time. This being the first one. The second one would be where the final budget will be approved on September 16th. And these hearings are intended to allow for open discussion of the tenative mill rates and the tenative budget. So, as far as what is a mill, a mill would
012be $1,000 of taxable property value. The um Florida Education Finance Program is the basis for allocating state and local funds to all school districts in Florida. The uh Florida FFP includes the required local effort millage and the prior period funding adjustment millage. Both are considered together the overall required local effort millage rate. The Florida legislature sets the rates for the required local effort millage and the prior period funding adjustment millage that must be levied by the school board in order to receive any state funding under the Florida Education Finance Program. So for this new year, the proposed rates again the first two rates are set by the legislature. The board has no discretion in adjusting those rates to.998 mills for the required local effort and 0003 for the for the uh prior period funding adjustment.
013The basic discretionary operating is 748 and the capital outlay millage is 1.5. Total proposed millage 5.249. Comparing last year's millage rates, there is a drop as you can see overall of 0.03 mills uh all on the required effort millage. The other millages are of staying the same the as far as what we're proposing. The roll back rate is the millage rate that would generate the same amount of revenue as last year if applied to current year adjusted taxable value. So for this new year the the uh you the roll back rates are noted on these slides. We've got the local required effort roll back rate the proposed rate and the change for the local required effort and then also for the total millage rate. The required local effort millage rate to be levied exceeds the
014roll back rate by 3.19%. The total millage rate to be levied exceeds the roll back rate by 3.3 I'm sorry 3.63%. The increase in millage rates over the rolled back rates are necessary to fund the operating and capital outlay needs of the district. Brief history of the millage rates going back 20 back starting in 2122. As you can see there's a steady drop. The drop is related to what the legislative action is each year. They have been dropping the millages uh over the last many years and we'll you can as you can see here in 202122 uh the overall millage rate went from 5.825 to 5.249. This is a comparison of the required local effort millage rates going back to 20145. As you can see, there's a significant drop. The uh local record effort rate
015back in 1415 was 4.949. The current rate is proposed rate is 3.001, a significant drop. And as you can see, the other millage rates have stayed flat over that period of time. So the question then on everybody's mind would be how did my prop how are my property taxes going to change? So for a homeowner with the saver homes tax exemption for homestead property the increase in their uh assessment would be 2.9%. The requirement is the rate would be increasing either 3% or the CPI. In this case, the CPI was less than 3%. So, the increase would be 2.9%. And there you can see what the assessed valuation changes are backing off the homestead exemption. And then the actual proposed mil property taxes for this year compared with actual for last year with with this
016example, it' be $32.66. U would be the additional taxes to be paid by this homeowner. The uh tenative budget summary slide that we have here is the det uh we have the detail of each fund in the budget document that each of you has been provided. Since we are in the process of closing out last year's accounts, the budgets exclude most carryover budget balances and the fund balances are still preliminary preliminary estimates of what the balances would be. The final budget, which will be presented to the board at a September 16th board meeting, will include all updated budget uh carryover budget items and actual fund balances as of June 30, 2015. At this point, we are ready for public comments. >> Thank you. And I have no public comment forms. Anyone in the public? Okay.
017Board members, um, did you have any discussion? Any questions? No. >> No. >> Thank you for, um, meeting with us ahead of time to explain and, um, and answer all of our questions. Okay. Um, so we don't need to read the statement. Any discussion? Board adoption. So, is there a motion to approve? >> Yes. I there is a recommendation that the school board of Simino County approve resolution number 2025-05 adopting the tenative mill I'm sorry madam chair are we going to is there public comment >> there is no public comment >> oh there wasn't okay I didn't hear >> move >> okay so so u member Sanchez moved member Dinger second is there any discussion regarding this >> seeing none I'll yes >> real Quick, is this also on the website too? >> Yes. >>
018Okay. Thank you. >> Uh, yes. The agenda is on the website. >> Thank you. I just wanted clarification on that. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Let's call the question. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes. >> Superintendent. >> Yes. The second recommendation is that the school board of Simone County approve resolution number 2025-06 adopting the 2526 tenative budget. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Okay. So vice chair and member Sanchez is there any board discussion? Seeing none I'll call the question. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Any oppose? Motion passes. Um, okay. With that, I think we're finished. Go ahead. >> Okay. This meeting is adjourned. Thank you. Stand stay tuned for 5:30 when we start our public meeting. Thank you.