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House approves shift to countywide base levy to reshape school funding formula
Summary
House Bill 156 would replace district base levies with a countywide levy aggregated at the county level to change guaranteed tax base aid distribution; the House recommended passage on second reading 80‑20 after extended debate on winners and losers among districts.
Representative Beattie introduced House Bill 156, a lengthy rewrite of school funding statutes that replaces the current district guaranteed tax‑based aid (GTB) base levy with a countywide base levy aggregated at the county level.
Beattie told members the change would aggregate taxable value and enrollment at the county level, producing a single mill rate applied across school taxing jurisdictions within…
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