Committee backs change to school equalization millage threshold
The committee approved a bill that lowers the equalization minimum millage threshold from 14 mills to 10 mills and adds a penalty for districts that reduce millage below the new threshold; sponsors said the change would allow jurisdictions to roll back rates as property values rise without losing local equalization share.
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Representative Cannon presented legislation to change the minimum local millage threshold used in the school equalization formula. The measure lowers the threshold from 14 mills to 10 mills and adds a penalty provision: if a local jurisdiction drops below the new threshold, up to 25 percent of its equalization allocation could be withheld.
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