{"id":217347,"date":"2025-02-18T08:19:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=217347"},"modified":"2025-02-18T08:19:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:19:53","slug":"will-bryan-county-schools-vote-for-higher-property-taxes-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=217347","title":{"rendered":"Will Bryan County Schools Vote for Higher Property Taxes Today?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bryan County&#8217;s Board of Education is poised to decide today on opting out of Georgia&#8217;s property tax cap, a move that could raise taxes for many homeowners. This decision aims to secure funds for the rapidly expanding school district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why It Matters:<\/strong> Opting out could lead to higher property taxes, impacting household budgets, especially for seniors and those on fixed incomes. The additional revenue would address the district&#8217;s growth needs, including new schools and hiring over 300 teachers by 2048.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Happening:<\/strong> The Board will vote on opting out of the property tax cap established by House Bill 581. If they proceed, homeowners may see increased property taxes to fund educational expansions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Between the Lines:<\/strong> Some residents express strong opposition, fearing financial strain. State lawmakers have introduced House Bill 362, which could nullify the Board&#8217;s decision and potentially allow residents to vote on the exemption in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Catch Up Quick:<\/strong> House Bill 581, passed in 2024, offers a statewide property tax cap linked to inflation but allows local entities to opt out by March 1. <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"\/county\/Bryan\"   title=\"Bryan\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1285\">Bryan County<\/a> Schools cite potential revenue losses as a reason to opt out, aiming to fund necessary educational resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Board&#8217;s decision today will significantly impact homeowners and the future of education funding in Bryan County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Real Question:<\/strong> As a property owner, do you want a guarantee that your property taxes won&#8217;t go up more than the inflation rate each year, or do you want to pay more taxes to fund schools?<\/p>\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=11]\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bryan County&#8217;s Board of Education is poised to decide today on opting out of Georgia&#8217;s property tax cap, a move that could raise taxes for many homeowners. This decision aims to secure funds for the rapidly expanding school district. Why It Matters: Opting out could lead to higher property taxes, impacting household budgets, especially for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":212351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10952],"tags":[16888,9082],"class_list":["post-217347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-know","tag-property-tax-cap","tag-property-taxes","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=217347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=217347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=217347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=217347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}