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Board reviews ITEP policy changes after governor’s executive order; superintendent appointment to local committee required
Summary
Board discussed revisions to policy D.F (Industrial Tax Exemption Program) following an executive order that removes job-creation thresholds and requires new committee composition and procedures; the board will add a resolution appointing the superintendent to the local ITEP committee by Feb. 28.
St. Tammany Parish School Board members reviewed proposed revisions to board policy D.F that align the district’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP) procedures with a governor’s executive order.
Terry Prevost, who presented the policy update, told members the executive order issued Feb. 21, 2024, removed job-creation requirements for ITEP awards and changed how local ITEP committees are composed and operate. Under the change, a local committee must include the parish president, the school-board president or the superintendent, the sheriff or the sheriff’s designee, and…
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