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Monroe Local board backs county superintendentsletter, warns state property-tax changes could cut school revenue
Summary
Board members read and endorsed a letter from Butler County superintendents and treasurers warning that recently passed bills in Columbus could remove millions from local school funding; the district outlined the potential effect on inside millage and called for targeted reforms rather than blanket cuts.
The Monroe Local Schools Board of Education on Nov. 12 read and endorsed a letter from Butler County school superintendents and treasurers that described state funding shifts as the root cause of rising property-tax burdens and warned that recent bills in the Ohio Legislature could remove "millions of dollars" from local schools without replacement.
The letter, read at the meeting, said in part that "property taxes are the symptom, not the cause," and urged lawmakers to pursue…
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