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Henry County’s board approved the 2026–27 school tax levy at 4% plus exonerations. The adopted rates are 73.6 cents per $100 of real and personal property and 55.3 cents per $100 for motor vehicles and exempt watercraft/aircraft.
On September 8, 2026, the board adopted a tax rate of 52.5 cents per $100 on real estate and 52.6 cents on personal property, up from 52.3 and 52.5 cents. This is the '4% rate', the highest rate the board can set without it being subject to a voter recall. The motor vehicle rate stays at 50.2 cents.
On September 3, the Board set 47.0 cents plus a 0.1-cent exoneration per $100 for real and tangible property and 45.2 cents for motor vehicles and watercraft.
Spencer County School District
The Board increased the real and tangible property rate from 60.1 to 60.3 cents per $100, retained 56 cents for motor vehicles and approved a three-percent utility tax.
A special meeting agenda schedules public comment and a board vote on the district's property-tax levy for August 31.
The Board adopted a 59.6-cent property-tax rate, down from 60.3 cents. It expects about $15.73 million in revenue, up from $14.76 million last year.
Somerset Independent School District
The August 27 approval sets real property at 74.1 cents and tangible property at 74.2 cents per $100, compared with 75.9 and 78.8 cents previously.
Elizabethtown Independent Schools
The Board adopted an 87.3-cent general-fund tax rate for 2026-27, up from 85.7 cents in the prior fiscal year.
Jackson Independent School District
The board set the real-property tax rate at 67.7 cents, up from 59 cents in FY26; the personal-property rate remains 49.2 cents. The district expects the rates to generate $204,809.54, compared with $182,183 from the prior-year levy.
Walton-Verona Independent Schools
On August 25, 2026 the board kept its general fund property tax rate at 111.8 cents per $100 of assessed value. The compensating rate, which would bring in about the same money as last year, was 108.0 cents. Keeping the higher rate is expected to raise about $524,573 more than in 2026, for construction, maintenance, transportation and the building fund. In April a resident told the board that school taxes are pushing older residents to move.
The Board approved proposed FY2027 general-fund tax rates of 73.5 cents per $100 of real and personal property and 51.4 cents per $100 of motor-vehicle value, plus a 5-cent junior-college rate. The vote authorized proposal and advertisement, not final adoption.
The board approved proposed rates of 49.1 cents on real property, 50.1 cents on personal property, and 54.8 cents on motor vehicles; a September agenda schedules final action.
Greenup County School District
The Board approved a proposed 2026-27 tax rate of 87.6 cents for real estate, 92.6 cents for personal property plus 3.1 cents exoneration, and 49.4 cents for motor vehicles.
The board approved a 91.5-cent rate per $100 of assessed real property and a 112.8-cent rate per $100 of tangible personal property.
At its August 10 work session, the board discussed proposed FY2027 tax rates of 56.6 for a four-percent increase or 54.5 as the compensating rate. The treasurer said 56.6 would increase the budget by about $237,895, versus about $52,000 at the compensating rate; the minutes expected a September 8 vote.
On August 10, 2026, the board proposed a property tax rate of 46.9 cents per $100, a motor vehicle rate of 52.4 cents and a 3% utility tax. State figures show 46.9 cents is the rate that raises about 4% more property tax revenue than last year. The compensating rate, which would raise the same amount as last year, is 45.1 cents for real estate.
Ludlow Independent School District
The board approved proposing an 85.4-cent real-estate tax rate, with a hearing still required before final action.
On June 22, the board approved the FY2026–27 working budget, the District Facility Plan, and the 2026–27 student-fee schedule. The reviewed minutes do not provide the full budget amount or facility-plan project list.
June minutes approve a one-time gross $1,000 stipend for each full-time district employee, scheduled for November 2026.
The board approved a new special-education position requested through Breathitt High School's staffing-allocation process.
The board authorized Series 2026 general-obligation bonds in a principal amount of $3,555,000, subject to an allowed adjustment, for public school projects.
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