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Superintendent warns bill substitutes could limit property tax growth and shift local funding options
Summary
The superintendent briefed the board on state legislative activity, including a signed $2,000 one-time supplement for certain school employees and proposed bills that would create a local homestead option sales tax, convert existing local sales taxes, and impose a 3% cap on property tax revenue growth with referendum or local-assembly approval requirements.
The superintendent delivered the March update to the Dougherty County School Board on March 9, highlighting several state legislative items that could change local revenue options.
He noted a one-time $2,000 supplement for certain employees (teachers, custodians, bus drivers and nutrition workers) has been passed and signed by the governor: "It's a $2,000 one time supplement," the superintendent said. He then summarized substitute language and related measures that the transcript references by…
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