MONROE - The Monticello school district approved a 6.8 percent increase in the school's tax levy at its annual meeting and budget hearing Sept. 23. The school district will raise about $2.48 million in property tax revenue for the 2013-14 school year, about $157,700 more than the $2.32 million it raised last year. Based on the district's total equalized property value of last year, the new tax rate will be $14.12 per $1,000 of property value, up from $13.23 per $1,000 for 2012-13.