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Career-technical centers, county treasurers and many districts warn House Bill 186’s retroactive cuts would force program reductions
Summary
A broad set of school and local officials told the House Ways and Means Committee that the substitute version of House Bill 186 — which would cap property-tax increases to inflation and includes retroactive reductions tied to 2023 values — would produce immediate, substantial revenue losses for many districts and career-technical centers.
A broad coalition of superintendents, career-technical leaders, auditors and county treasurers told the House Ways and Means Committee that the substitute version of House Bill 186 would impose significant, immediate revenue reductions for many Ohio school districts and joint vocational school districts if the bill’s retroactive provisions remain in place.
Hannah Cubbins, legislative director for Americans for Prosperity Ohio, said supporters view HB 186 as "a permanent change" that limits school property-tax increases to the rate of inflation and adds transparency requirements at the county level. "House bill 1 86 limits increases in school district property taxes to the rate of inflation," she said, describing the bill’s goals of predictability and broad-based taxation.
But representatives of affected districts and joint vocational school districts argued the…
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