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House backs lowering equalization threshold for school funding; bill includes rollback penalty
Summary
The House passed Senate Bill 44, which lowers the equalization eligibility threshold for school funding from 14 mills to 10 mills and adds a penalty for systems that roll back millage below 10, with a recorded vote of 138–23.
The Georgia House voted Friday to pass Senate Bill 44, a measure that lowers the threshold for equalization eligibility and adds a penalty provision for school systems that reduce millage below the new threshold.
Representative Cannon, presenting the bill, said the measure lowers the equalization eligibility threshold from 14 mills to 10 mills but does not change the underlying equalization or Quality Basic Education (QBE) formulas. Cannon said the bill…
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