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Auditors and taxpayers coalition back bill to limit school revenue growth tied to property reappraisals
Summary
House Bill 186 would tie allowable revenue growth in school districts already at the 20‑mill floor to cumulative inflation between mandated valuation updates; auditors and taxpayer groups told the committee the change would restore the original intent of protections enacted in the 1970s.
House Bill 186, presented to the House Ways and Means Committee by county auditors and taxpayer‑advocacy groups, would cap future growth in school district property‑tax revenues for districts at the 20‑mill floor by tying allowed revenue increases to cumulative inflation between valuation updates.
Chris Klein, chief deputy auditor for Lawrence County and spokesman for the County Auditor's Association of Ohio, said the bill "breaks the automatic link between soaring…
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