The Nassau County School District is asking voters to approve a property tax increase — similar to what more than 20 other Florida counties have done, including Duval County in August.
Through Nov. 8, voters in Nassau County have to decide whether they want to add 1 mill to their property tax rate. It works out to $1 of extra taxes for every $1,000 of property value. That’s roughly $275 a year, or $23 bucks a month, for a home valued at $300,000.
“We basically have two pots of money: We have capital funds and operating funds. This millage being proposed as for operating funds are used just for that — for operating our district for paying personnel,” Burns said.
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