The Property Appraiser has certified the Sarasota County School Board's 2017 taxable assessed property values at $58,860,022,628 which represents a 7.32% increase from the 2016 tax roll of $54,846,630,663 (see "Certification of School Taxable Value"). The General Fund required local effort millage must be levied by the School Board if the district is to participate and receive any Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) funds in fiscal year 2017-2018.  The millage rate for Sarasota County Schools is set at 4.185 mils by the State of  Florida. The proposed millage rate required by state law is .42% less than last years rolled-back millage rate.  When all local millage levies are included, the proposed millage rate is 2.87% more than last years rolled-back rate.

A comparison of the 2016 millage levies with the proposed 2017 levies are as follows:

MILLAGE LEVY	2016 ACTUAL MILLAGE RATE	2017 PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE
General - required local effort	4.185	3.961
General - basic discretionary	0.748	0.748
Capital Outlay	1.500	1.500
Voted Operating	1.000	1.000
TOTAL Millage Rate	7.433	7.209

That the following proposed millage rates for 2017 be accepted for advertising in accordance with requirement of Chapter 200.065 of the Florida Statutes.

General - Voting Operating - 1.000 mils
General - Local Required Effort - 3.961 mils
General - Local Discretionary - .748 mils
Capital Outlay - 1.500 mils
Total Millage - 7.209 mils