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Board hears state budget could add some school dollars while threatening local levies and inside millage
Summary
At a June board meeting, the district treasurer reviewed the state Senate budget proposal and other pending bills, saying the proposals could deliver modest additional state aid but would also eliminate certain local levy tools and risk millions in local revenue if House Bill 355 or a constitutional amendment passes.
The district’s treasurer summarized the state budget outlook at the Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local School District board meeting, saying the Senate plan would send more state money to schools but that other provisions could remove or limit key local tax tools.
The summary matters because the proposals under discussion at the statehouse could change how the district collects and retains property-tax revenue. "It's not insignificant, but it's not major either," the treasurer said when describing the projected increase in state aid under the Senate proposal.
Under the versions the treasurer reviewed, the Senate and an alternate analysis estimated extra funding for schools. The treasurer said one estimate showed $448,000 in additional state aid for Bellbrook-Sugarcreek next year and $769,000 the following year (roughly $1.2 million over two years). An alternate estimate the treasurer cited showed about $596,000 next…
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