Business Services
The Business Services Department ensures the district’s overall financial integrity and stability through the development of annual and multi-year budgets.
2025 Proposed Tax Notice Resources
Property Tax Rate Impact Calculator For 1/1/24 Values Used in Calculating FY 2026 Tax Rates
KCCI Investigates: Property Tax forms, intended to be clear, cause some confusion
Des Moines Register Article_March 3, 2025 PDF
Discussion of the Des Moines Register Article on Property Tax notice_video
Certified Budget
In accordance with the Code of Iowa, the Board of Education annually adopts a budget following the required public notice and hearing for the annual certified budget. The budget may be amended during the year utilizing similar statutorily prescribed procedures. Iowa school districts prepare their budgets on the GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) basis.
Formal and legal budgetary control for the Certified Budget is based on four major classes of expenditures known as functional areas, not by fund or fund type. These four functional areas are instruction, support services, non-instructional programs, and other expenditures. Although the budget document presents functional area expenditures or expenses by fund, the legal level of control is at the aggregated functional area level, not at the fund or fund type level. The Code of Iowa also provides that district expenditures in the General Fund may not exceed the amount authorized by the Iowa School Finance Formula.
Public hearing for the 25-26 Certified Budget is April 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM at the Clear Creek Amana Administration Building at 1486 Highway 6 NW, Oxford, Iowa.
