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Savannah-Chatham school system holds first of three millage hearings, recommends no change to 17.481 mills
Summary
At a June 17 public hearing, the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System presented the Taxpayer Bill of Rights process and recommended no change to the FY2026 maintenance-and-operations millage of 17.481 mills; one resident spoke against higher taxes, citing a 21% rise in assessed value since 2023.
Savannah-Chatham County Public School System officials held the first of three public hearings on June 17 on the proposed fiscal year 2026 millage rate and recommended no change to the current maintenance-and-operations rate of 17.481 mills.
The recommendation came during a presentation on the Taxpayer Bill of Rights and rollback-rate procedures by Ms. Cooley, a school system staff member, who said the district "is not seeking to raise the millage rate" but noted that any rate above the rollback requires public notices and three hearings.
The Taxpayer Bill of Rights, passed by the Georgia General Assembly in 1999 and implemented by rules from the Georgia Department of Revenue, requires taxing jurisdictions to calculate a…
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