NOTICE OF PROPOSED AD VALOREM TAX EFFORT PASS CHRISTIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT The Pass Christian Public School District will hold a public hearing on its proposed school district budget for fiscal year 2027 on July 8, 2026, 4:30 p.m. at the Leroy Lizana Central Services Office located at 6457 Kiln-DeLisle Road Pass Christian, Mississippi. At this meeting, a proposed ad valorem tax effort will be considered. The Pass Christian Public School District is now operating with a projected total budget revenue of $29,520,000. Of that amount, forty-seven (47%) percent or $13,950,000 of such revenue is obtained through ad valorem taxes. For next fiscal year, the proposed budget has total projected revenue of $31,659,069. Of that amount, forty-eight percent (48%) percent or $15,129,678 is proposed to be financed through a total ad valorem tax levy. For the next fiscal year, the proposed increase in ad valorem tax effort by Pass Christian Public School District may result in an increase in the ad valorem tax millage rate. Ad valorem taxes are paid on homes, automobile tags, business fixtures and equipment, and rental real property. Any citizen of Pass Christian Public School District is invited to attend this public hearing on the proposed ad valorem tax effort and will be allowed to speak for a reasonable amount of time and offer tangible evidence before any vote is taken.