2024 Mill Levy

• $1 million to fund schools with fewer than 200 students 
  • This funding will be allocated in addition to the existing size factor in student-based budgets, which allocates additional funding to small schools in the district. 
  • Seven schools in PSD will benefit from this funding in the next five years.
• $2 million in foundational funding, to allocate the minimum amount of funding that schools need to operate.
  • Ten schools will benefit in 2025-26 and it is anticipated that two additional schools will benefit from this funding in the next five years. 
• $1 million for additional classified and licensed staffing in schools with fewer than 400 students at elementary and 700 students at secondary by increasing centrally-funded assistant principal support 

• High quality instructional materials and to provide for high quality instruction across all content areas, including English Language Development (ELD) and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) in adoption cycles 

• Replacement of books and consumables for recent literacy curriculum adoptions

• Inclusion of texts and consumables for dual-credit and CTE courses 

• Curricular fee support, which will prioritize music and replacements for musical instruments first, followed by other needed equipment and materials for athletics and extracurricular activities. 

Each of PSD’s employee associations - Poudre Education Association (PEA), Association of Classified Employees (ACE), and Poudre Association of School Executives (PASE) - will determine how their pro rata share of this funding is applied to their salary schedule. The pro rata share that each association will have to apply to salary schedules is as follows: 

• PEA: $9.75 million 
• ACE: $3.75 million
• PASE: $1.5 million

The 2024 Debt-Free Mill Levy Oversight Committee is charged with becoming familiar with the 2024 Debt-Free Mill Levy program. It is responsible for monitoring the progress of the implementation of this program, including ensuring that expenditures are in alignment with the ballot language approved by voters. 

Oversight Committee Responsibilities

The 2024 Debt-Free Mill Levy Oversight Committee is not a decision-making entity and does not make recommendations about specific projects to be funded by this mill levy. Instead, the committee is responsible for reviewing the district’s plans for use of this funding and information provided by the district specific to the cost and completion of these projects. This committee will consist of 20 people, serving two-year terms. 

Find the latest committee updates on the Debt-Free Mill Oversite Committee web page.

PSD is also establishing a Comprehensive Planning committee to support the district’s long-range facilities planning efforts. This is a standing committee that will continually monitor and evaluate facility utilization, boundaries, and the possible need for new school facilities or large-scale renovations in the future. 

Work and Recommendations

In its first year of work, the committee will be primarily focused on gathering information, learning about the PSD system and previous long-range planning efforts, as well as the myriad factors that influence building utilization and enrollment patterns across the district. 

The committee is charged with making recommendations to the superintendent and Cabinet. It is anticipated that the committee would not put forward recommendations until the end of its second year of operation (i.e. spring of 2027), at the earliest, unless otherwise charged by the Board of Education. 

Find more information on the Comprehensive Long-Range Planning Committee web page