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Hillsborough board debates 0% vs. 2% tax levy and whether to use $6.7M health‑care waiver
Summary
Board members split over recommending a 2% tax levy (about $2.9M) for budget stability versus 0% to ease residents' tax burden; administration briefed the board that a health‑care waiver could add roughly $6.7M in available taxing authority, and warned that waivers can be 'banked' for up to three years.
The Hillsborough Township Board of Education spent the largest portion of its Feb. 26 meeting debating how to approach next year’s school tax levy, with members weighing a conservative 2% increase against a no‑increase option and scrutiny of a possible health‑care waiver that would add substantial taxing authority.
Superintendent Mr. Volpe told the board the district is drafting a budget at a 2% levy baseline and that the board has statutory ability to pursue a health‑care waiver to recoup costs above that baseline. Mr. Volpe said the current estimate for additional taxing authority tied to the waiver is about $6.7 million; he added that his recommendation was not to exercise that full waiver now.
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