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Board lowers tax rate but expects more revenue

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Excerpt from Anderson County Board Meeting — special called 8/27/26 for Board lowers tax rate but expects more revenue
Official source excerpt: Anderson County Board Meeting — special called 8/27/26; editorial caption by Our School Board · source-evidence

What happened

The Board adopted a 59.6-cent property-tax rate, down from 60.3 cents. It expects about $15.73 million in revenue, up from $14.76 million last year.

Why it matters to families

The plan expects about $970,000 more for district operations, including $659,376 for instruction. The rate passed 4–1.

The evidence

The official August 27 recording, at 3:06–7:23, gives the prior and adopted rates, revenue estimates, planned uses and roll-call vote. These are auto-generated captions.

The source

August 27, 2026 special-called meeting transcript

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