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Panel advances measure to let school boards roll millage back from 14 to 10 mills
2235354 · February 4, 2025
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Summary
A committee advanced a bill to let local school boards reduce their millage rate from a 2019 14-mill cap down to 10 mills, with a stated 25% penalty for going below the 10-mill threshold.
Senator Watson told the Senate Education Committee he sponsored legislation to restore local flexibility for school boards by allowing them to roll their millage rate back to 10 mills from a 14-mill cap set in 2019.
"We're willing to change state law to allow them to roll it back to 10," Watson said, saying the…
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