(KLZA)-- The Pawnee City School Board  approved the fiscal year 20-21 budget and property tax levy when they met September 2

The property tax levy will remain the same as last year at 95.919 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.  

The total operating budget will exceed last years total operating budget by 4.9 percent.The property tax request for the General Fund will be $2,983,791 with the Special building Fund tax request set at $83,814. The amount of tax dollars required for the Qualified Capital Purpose Undertaning Fund was set at $117,340.

Also during the meeting, Board members approved the purchase of a new 59-passenger Blue Bird Vision school bus, taking advantage of the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy School Bus Rebate grant program. The total cost of the bus will be $93,022. the NDEE will reimburse the schools depreciation fund in the amount of $42-thousand .