The Cobb Board of Education will hold three public hearings in July before it formally sets the property tax millage rate for the fiscal year 2026 budget, which was adopted in May.
The hearings will be held on July 10 and July 17, with the millage rate also to be set on the latter date.
In May, the school board adopted a $1.8 billion budget, which takes effect today, holding the property tax rate at 18.7 mills, and with $33 million more in spending than the FY 2025 budget.
Because the board isn’t rolling back the millage rate to reflect the FY 2025 totals, that constitutes a property tax increase under Georgia law, and public hearings must be held.
According to a notice the Cobb County School District posted last week, the “rollback” millage rate would be 18.499 mills under the state Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.
School taxes comprise the largest portion of property taxes for Cobb homeowners, except for those seniors 62 and over who have received exemptions.
The public hearings on the millage rate are as follows:
- Thursday, July 10, at 11:30 a.m. and at 6:05 p.m.
- Thursday, July 17, at 6:30 p.m.
The millage rate will be set at the board’s voting meeting on July 17 at 7 p.m. All meetings are in the board room of the CCSD Central Office, 514 Glover St., Marietta.
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