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Seth Taylor
Chief Financial Officer

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Phone: 229-723-4337 ext. 8575

The Business and Finance Department of Early County Schools is committed to responsible financial stewardship and transparent operations. We manage the district’s budget, payroll, purchasing, and financial reporting to ensure resources are aligned with student success. Our goal is to support educational excellence through sound fiscal management and strategic planning.

  • The Early County Board of Education has tentatively adopted a 2025 millage rate which will require an increase in
    property tax by 8.48 percent.
    All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearing on the tax increase to be held at the ECATS building on November
    26th at 10:00 am.
    Times and places of additional public hearings on this tax increase are at the ECATS building, 40 Harold Ragan Drive,
    Blakely, GA, on December 3rd at 11:00 am and December 3rd at 6:00 pm.
    This tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 15.945 mills, an increase of 1.246
    mills over the rollback rate. Without this tentative increase, the millage rate will be no more than 14.699 mills. The
    proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $150,000 is approximately $73.76 and the proposed tax
    increase for non-homestead property with a fair market value of $150,000 is approximately $74.76.

  • A Table of the current 2025 Property Tax Digest and Five Year History of Levy

  • The Early County Board of Education has adopted the following budget for all funds for the fiscal year 2026, which would begin July 1, 2025 and go through June 30, 2026. This was tentatively adopted at the called Board of Education meeting on May 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM at ECATS, 40 Harold Ragan Drive, Blakely, GA.

    There were two public budget hearings held on May 27, 2025 and June 10, 2025 at the same location.

    The Early County Board of Education officially adopted the formal fiscal year 2026 budget at a called meeting on Tuesday, June 24th, 2024 at 6:00 PM at ECATS, 40 Harold Ragan Drive, Blakely, GA.

    A financial document titled 'Early County School System FY 2026 Adopted Budget' is displayed.

  • The following budget was adopted on April 14, 2026 in the Early County School System Board Room. 

    A document titled 'Early County School System' with financial data.