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Treasurer warns proposed state tax changes could sharply cut local school revenue
Summary
Treasurer TJ Cusick outlined several pending state proposals — including a constitutional amendment and bills dubbed the "taxpayer freedoms" trilogy — that could substantially reduce property tax revenue for Worthington schools and other local governments, and urged the board to monitor developments.
Treasurer TJ Cusick briefed the board on several state-level tax proposals that he said could materially affect the district’s revenue. Cusick summarized bills under discussion — described in the meeting as a set of proposals dubbed the “taxpayer freedoms trilogy” — that would change levy rules, potentially eliminate continuing levies, repeal inside millage and raise the voter threshold for new levies to two-thirds. He also discussed House Joint Resolution 6, described as a…
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