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Write Back Act hearing: House bill to 'send excess 95 mills back to taxpayers' draws broad school‑funding support
Summary
House Bill 483, the Write Back Act, drew support from school boards, education coalitions and associations at a House Appropriations hearing for measures that would fix the 95‑mill calculation, provide an estimated $50–60 million in property tax relief, and raise transportation reimbursement rates.
Representative Courtney Sprunger, sponsor of House Bill 483, told the House Appropriations Committee the bill — dubbed the Write Back Act — would deliver direct property tax relief by returning excess revenue generated by the uniform 95 school equalization mills to taxpayers and by strengthening the mills' role in school equalization.
Sprunger said the bill would begin delivering relief this fall and estimated $50 million to $60 million in statewide property tax relief split between fall 2025 and spring 2026. She described four principal objectives: use growth in the 95 mills to reduce local property taxes, pay down permissive mills (including transportation and county retirement), protect the 95‑mill structure from being altered by reappraisals, and update school transportation…
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