Urbana school board members to hear about tax option

URBANA – School board members will be hearing about a way to allow voters to raise taxes for schools without increasing property taxes.

At its Tuesday business meeting – held at 7:30 p.m. at the Burkholder Administrative Service Center, 205 N. Race St., U – the board will hear from Mary Kane of Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. about the County School Facility Sales Tax law, which allows school districts in a county to collectively put a proposal before voters for a countywide sales tax to raise money for school facilities.

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