The Pella School Board approved their 2017-18 certified budget at their meeting this week.

Superintendent Greg Ebeling says the property tax rate will hold steady for the upcoming tax year at $15.18 per $1000 of valuation.

Ebeling says the district remains in decent financial shape despite a 1.1% supplemental state aid increase for general fund expenditures because of nearly $1 million in reductions made one year ago as part of the budgeting process.

He says the other reason why finances haven’t been nearly as tight as many others in the state is that the district has experienced slight growth in enrollment over the past two years.