Board approved a 4% increase in the school tax levy

What happened

Henry County’s board approved the 2026–27 school tax levy at 4% plus exonerations. The adopted rates are 73.6 cents per $100 of real and personal property and 55.3 cents per $100 for motor vehicles and exempt watercraft/aircraft.

Why it matters to families

The levy supports district funding and may affect taxpayers; the minutes do not specify how an individual taxpayer’s bill will change. The motor-vehicle and exempt watercraft/aircraft rates are unchanged from 2025–26.

The evidence

At its September 9, 2026 special meeting, the board unanimously approved the 2026–27 levied tax rates at “4% plus exonerations,” setting the general-fund real-estate and personal-property rates at 73.6 cents per $100 and the motor-vehicle and exempt watercraft/aircraft rates at 55.3 cents per $100. The minutes state that the latter two rates remain unchanged from 2025–26.

The source