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Bill would end WPU value rate, pausing an automatic property-tax increase tied to WPU growth
Summary
House Bill 110 would eliminate the weighted pupil unit (WPU) value rate currently embedded in the basic levy; presenters said the measure would stop the property-tax component that grows in step with WPU increases and would produce roughly $32 million in property-tax savings in the first affected year if enacted in 2026.
Dale Frost explained a separate measure that would remove the WPU value rate from the basic levy beginning in the 2027 school year.
"So these are dollars that as the legislature increase the WPU value, if you didn't increase on the property tax side over time, income taxes would outpace property taxes," Frost said while describing the purpose of the earlier WPU value rate. He said the WPU value…
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