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Russell County superintendent urges countywide sales tax to fund school bond
Summary
Jordan Perez, superintendent of USD 407, told the committee that a countywide sales tax — proposed at about 1¢ — would have produced nearly double the revenue of a city-only tax and allowed a larger school bond; lacking permission, the district scaled a bond down to $13.5 million.
Jordan Perez, superintendent of Russell County USD 407, told a legislative committee that his district has not had a facilities bond for 67 years and that many buildings lack modern HVAC systems.
Perez said his steering committee considered city and county sales-tax models and found a countywide sales tax would generate nearly twice the revenue of a city-only option because it would capture spending by pass-through…
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