School-tax rate would dip; Atlanta’s general levy would stay put

Atlanta’s Finance/Executive Committee has backed a FY2027 property-tax package that would trim the education levy from 20.500 to 20.300 mills while keeping the city’s general levy at 9.52 mills.⁠[1][2][3]

All five committee members present supported substitute ordinance 26-O-1238 on Oct. 28. That was a recommendation, not final Council adoption. The committee’s draft minutes list the next consideration for Nov. 2 at 1 p.m.⁠[1]

The education-rate difference is 0.200 mills. For every $100,000 of taxable value subject to that levy, the proposed rate would produce $20 less in education tax than the preliminary rate. That is a fixed-value comparison—not a forecast of any owner’s final bill.⁠[2][3]

Property in the portion of Atlanta lying in DeKalb County would also see the separate Special Tax District rate fall from 0.577 to 0.450 mills. That difference works out to $12.70 per $100,000 of taxable value subject to that levy.⁠[2][3]

The other listed rates would stay at their preliminary levels: 0.85 mills for bonded indebtedness, 1 mill for parks, and 2 mills each for the BeltLine and Stitch special service districts. The latter two levies apply within their respective districts, not across the entire city.⁠[2]

The legislative text says Atlanta has received the final tax digests from Fulton and DeKalb counties. The proposed ordinance would set the final FY2027 rates and repeal the preliminary levy ordinance, 26-O-1237.⁠[2]