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Fremont City leaders flag state bills that could alter school levy protections and funding
Summary
District legislative liaison summarized several House bills moving through the legislature — including a $360 million school backfill proposal and a measure (HB 309) that would let county budget commissions reduce voter-approved levies — and urged continued monitoring as bills move to the Senate.
Don, the district’s legislative liaison, outlined several state proposals that he said could affect Fremont City Schools’ long-term funding. He told the board House Bill 186 would limit property-tax growth at a 20-mill floor and "providing, $360,000,000 additional to backfill to schools," and that the bill has passed the Ohio House and is headed to the Senate. He also summarized House Bill 335 (inside millage limits) and House Bill 129 (emergency levies), both of which he said should not materially affect the district at…
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