District overview
North Vermillion Community School Corporation
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
How North Vermillion is paid for and who decides
North Vermillion Community School Corporation runs an elementary school and a junior/senior high school near Cayuga in Vermillion County, Indiana. As in other Indiana corporations, classroom costs come mostly from state tuition support (the Education Fund), while local property taxes pay for operations, transportation, buildings and debt. In 2026 the board started a bond-financed renovation project and adopted a 2027 budget with a sharply higher debt service levy. Seven elected trustees set the budget and policy and hire the superintendent, Brian Byrum.
Bond project
In August and September 2026 the board approved a project, preliminary and final bond resolutions for renovation, safety, technology and bus purchases across the corporation. The amount was not posted.
2027 property taxes
The budget notice allows up to $4,213,792 in levies, up from $3,573,048. The debt service maximum levy rises 39.94%.
Cash flow
In April 2026 the board borrowed short-term through an Indiana Bond Bank tax anticipation warrant because 2025 property tax money arrived late.
Who decides
Seven trustees: President Sadie Paige, Vice President Joan Hathaway, Secretary Jason McLain, John Bean, Brian Hughes, Steve Russell and Brandon Thomann.
Minutes record motions and votes but not dollar amounts for the bond, the teacher contract or the early retirement incentive.
Where the district stands
Major projects
Corporation-wide renovation and equipment bond project
approvedRenovation of and improvements to buildings across the corporation, including safety, security and site work, and buying equipment, technology, vehicles and buses. Indiana requires a public hearing for building projects over $1 million.
- Superintendent previews possible bond
- Hearing; project and preliminary bond resolutions
- Final bond resolution
- Good-faith deposit accepted; reimbursement approved
Funding
General obligation bonds repaid from the debt service levy
2027 capital projects plan
plannedElementary chiller ($300,000, summer 2027), playground renovation ($100,000), concrete work ($10,000), renovation of the old bus storage barn ($500,000, 2028-29), playground fencing ($30,000) and a new access road to the northwest corner of campus ($100,000, 2029).
- Public hearing
- Plan adopted 7-0
Funding
Operations Fund (capital projects plan)
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Practical guides to school phone policies, district budgets, and administrator hiring.
Explore resources →Official board agendas and minutes from the public Google Drive folder linked on the corporation's School Board page (November 2025 to October 2026). Most minutes are scanned images and were read with OCR. Also used: the 2027 budget notice, capital projects plans, and the Neola policy manual.
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