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The North Platte public schools set limits on the number of option student applicants that can be accepted, set a higher property tax call, and considered the costs of a professional development program for teachers.
Taxpayers and local government officials made their cases in North Platte, from opposite sides of the property tax debate.
Stuart Simpson, North Platte Public Schools’ finance director, says the district’s full 2023-24 property tax request is “off the table” after school board members failed to ratify it Monday night.
The North Platte school board has approved a new budget on a 4-2 vote.
The hour-long budget hearing passed without public comment, advancing North Platte Public Schools' $80.33 million 2023-24 spending plan to a final school board vote Sept. 11.