There was a preliminary review of the proposed 2019-2020 budgets for the USD 475 Board of Education meeting Monday evening.

The general fund alone will total $52 million and the property tax levy will remain the same at 43.525 mills. There will be a public hearing on the proposed spending plan on August 19th.

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The Board of Education approved three major roofing projects including work on the Devin Center, H.D. Karns building and the Larry DIxon Center.

The district’s chief operations officer David Wild explained the work will complete the major roofing projects in the district. Federal heavy impact aid totaling $989,000 will be used to fund the projects.