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Board debates returning county school facility occupational tax to ballot
Summary
The DeKalb CUSD 428 Board of Education debated whether to ask DeKalb County voters again to impose a retail and service occupational tax to fund school facilities, school resource officers and mental-health professionals.
The DeKalb CUSD 428 Board of Education debated whether to ask DeKalb County voters again to impose a retail and a service occupational tax to fund school facilities, school resource officers and mental-health professionals. The board considered a resolution directing regional superintendents to certify the tax question to the county clerk for placement on the April 1, 2025, ballot.
Board members pressed staff on why the question was being returned to the ballot after a prior public vote rejected it. A board member asked, “So why are we putting this back on here? What school is asking us to do this?” Stacy (staff member) replied that superintendents across the county had asked the countywide measure be re-submitted, and that…
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