{"id":23,"date":"2014-05-01T13:44:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T18:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.lps.org\/budget\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2025-06-13T16:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T21:30:22","slug":"key-budget-dates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/budget\/key-budget-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Key 2025\u20132026 Budget Development Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23\" class=\"elementor elementor-23\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5cff7b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5cff7b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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(approximate)<\/h2><ul><li>Abstract of Assessed Valuations from County Assessor<\/li><\/ul><h2>May \u2013 June<\/h2><ul><li>Executive Committee Works with Board Finance Committee<\/li><\/ul><h2>June<\/h2><ul><li>Property Tax Authority Certification<\/li><\/ul><h2>June 9<\/h2><ul><li>End of Legislative Session<\/li><\/ul><h2>June 24<\/h2><ul><li>Budget Work Session 4:30 p.m. at Steve Joel District Leadership Center<\/li><\/ul><h2>June 25<\/h2><ul><li>Online Input Window Opens<\/li><li>Presentation and Budget Forum, Noon via District Website<\/li><li>Presentation and Budget Forum, 6:00 p.m. at Steve Joel District Leadership Center<\/li><\/ul><h2>June 26<\/h2><ul><li>Presentation and Budget Forum, 6:00 p.m. via District Website<\/li><\/ul><h2>June 30<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ne.gov\/1382\/Homestead-Exemptions\">Homestead Exemption Deadline<\/a><br \/><em>(Refer to Department of Revenue Website for Additional Information)<\/em><\/li><\/ul><h2>June \u2013 July<\/h2><ul><li>Presentations to Various Community\/District Constituent Groups<ul><li>Key Communicators<\/li><li>Community Curriculum Council<\/li><li>LIBA (Lincoln Independent Business Association)<\/li><li>LPS Parent Leader Group<\/li><li>Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce<\/li><li>Lincoln Neighborhood Alliance<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><h2>July 11<\/h2><ul><li>Online Input Window Closes<\/li><\/ul><h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae9ded0\" data-id=\"ae9ded0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e47417 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e47417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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The <\/em><em>determination will be made once the district receives the information from the county August 20th.<\/em><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>OPTION 1:<\/strong> School Board Meeting \u2014 Property Tax Request Hearing<ul><li><strong>August 31:<\/strong> Publication of Property Tax Request Hearing<\/li><li><strong>September 9:<\/strong> Property Tax Request Hearing<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>OPTION 2: <\/strong>Joint Public Hearing \u2014 Pink Postcard<ul><li><strong>September 4:<\/strong> Notification to County Hearing<\/li><li><strong>September 15\u201318:<\/strong> Joing Public Hearing<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><h2>September 9<\/h2><ul><li>Board Meeting \u2013 Opportunity for Public Comment<\/li><li>Budget Adoption and Property Tax Request (First Reading)<\/li><\/ul><h2>September 23<\/h2><ul><li>Board Meeting \u2013 Opportunity for Public Comment<\/li><li>Budget Adoption and Property Tax Request (Second Reading\/Action)<\/li><\/ul><h2>September 30<\/h2><ul><li>Budget Document due to Nebraska Auditor\u2019s Office<\/li><\/ul><h2>October<\/h2><ul><li>Notice of Summary of Budget Changes Publication<\/li><\/ul><h2>October 15<\/h2><ul><li>Property Tax Resolution due to County Clerk<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-26 Tentative Budget Development Calendar March 1 State Aid and 2025-26 Budget Authority Allowable Reserve Percentage Certification March 25 Board of Education Meeting \u2013 Budget Calendar April 15 Certificated Notification of Change in Placement Deadline April 20 (approximate) Abstract of Assessed Valuations from County Assessor May \u2013 June Executive Committee Works with Board Finance Committee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4AQzP-n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/budget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/budget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/budget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/budget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/budget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":117,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/budget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2786,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/budget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/2786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/budget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}