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Former superintendent says front‑loaded outreach and tax incentives were key to district mergers
Summary
A retired superintendent told the Senate Education Committee that voluntary mergers under Act 46 required heavy front‑end outreach, legal and communications costs and that homestead tax incentives (10¢ year 1, then stepping down) were pivotal to getting smaller communities to agree.
Jackie Wilson, a retired superintendent who led a complex regional consolidation, told the Senate Education Committee that successful voluntary mergers required extensive upfront work and clear incentives for communities.
Wilson said her district consolidated multiple boards into a smaller number of governing boards and that the work of study committees and early, intensive community outreach “did the lion's share” of the work. She said the outreach and planning phase took about a year from formation of…
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